Coral snakes, all in the Elapidae (New Latin elaps = serpent) family, though most diverse in the Americas, are also native to the Asian subcontinent, the Malay peninsula, and the islands of Indonesia. There we find a single genus, Calliophis (Gr. καλλι- “kalli-”= beautiful + -οφις “-ophis” = snake), comprised of 11 recognized species variously native to the Asian nations of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and India. All other coral snakes are native to the New World. In the Americas, three genera — Leptomicrurus, Micruroides, and Micrurus — are recognized to comprise 65 separate species of coral snakes. Two of these, from two genera — Micruroides and Micrurus (the etymologies of these generic names are obscure) — are found in the United States. [...]