Micrelaps bicoloratus 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: Micrelaps bicoloratus bicoloratus

Name

• Micrelaps bicoloratus bicoloratus Sternfeld, 1908: 93

Holotype: ZMB 20725, ♀.

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

Combinations

• Micrelaps bicoloratus bicoloratus — Rasmussen, 2002: 78 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]

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. 
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Kenya Two-headed Snake