Micrelaps bicoloratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Micrelaps
Species: Micrelaps bicoloratus
Subspecies (2): M. b. bicoloratus – M. b. moyeri

Name

• Micrelaps bicoloratus Sternfeld, 1908: 93

Holotype: ZMB 20725, ♀.

Type locality: “Kibwezi (Brit. Ostafrika [=Kenya])”.

Taxonomic note: synonymized with Micrelaps boettgeri by Wallach (1991: 415), was restaured to valid species by Rasmussen (2002: 82).

References

Primary references

• Sternfeld, R. 1908. Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1908(4): 92–95. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wallach, V. 1991. Comparative visceral topography of African colubrid snakes of the subfamilies Aparallactinae and Atractaspidinae. Louisiana State University: Unpublished Thesis. XIX + 490 pp.
• Rasmussen, J.B. 2002. A review of the African members of the genus Micrelaps Boettger 1880 (Serpentes Atractaspididae). Tropical Zoology 15(1): 71–87. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2002.10531166 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrelaps bicoloratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 April 2018.
• Menegon, M., Spawls, S., Branch, W.R., Malonza, P. & Beraduccii, J. 2014. IUCN: Micrelaps bicoloratus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T176279A44763984. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T176279A44763984.en

Vernacular names

English: Kenya Two-headed Snake