Abstract
The first observations of incubation and hatching in Micrurus mipartitus are presented. A single female layed 18 eggs on January 28, 1982. They measured 23. 1 ± 2. 14 by 13.8 ± 1.67 mm. Mate and female neonates have the same coloration pattern of the mother.
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