Its color pattern can vary from two-colored to three-colored, with black, yellow and red banding.

Micrurus nigrocinctus ranges from southern Mexico through Central America (except Belize) to northwestern Colombia, and the western Caribbean.

[3] M. nigrocinctus is mainly a terrestrial snake that often dwells in burrows, leaf litter, or under logs.

[2] The Central American coral snake's venom contains a strong neurotoxin, causing neuromuscular dysfunction.

[3] Its LD50 is 0.3 mg/kg (IV), 1.7 mg/kg (SC) and 0.4 mg/kg(IP), the venom yield is 8 mg.[5] There are six (seven) recognized subspecies of Micrurus nigrocinctus: Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.