Micrelaps tchernovi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Micrelaps tchernovi Werner in Werner et al., 2006: 40

Holotype: HUJ 16864, adult ♀, collected by E. Tchernov on 5 July 1988.
Type locality: “Ubeidiyya Site, Jordan Valley, Israel [IG 20292328]”.
Synonymised with Micrelaps muelleri Boettger, 1880, by Jamison, Maza, Sinaiko, Tamar, Slavenko & Meiri (2020: 303).

Werner, Y.L., Babocsay, G., Carmely, H. & Thuna, M. 2006. Micrelaps in the southern Levant: variation, sexual dimorphism, and a new species (Serpentes: Atractaspididae). Zoology in the Middle East 38(1): 29–48. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2006.10638163 Reference page.
Jamison, S., Maza, E., Sinaiko, G., Tamar, K., Slavenko, A. & Meiri, S. 2020. To be or not to be tchernovi: a taxonomic revision of the snake genus Micrelaps (Squamata: Serpentes), in Israel. Zootaxa 4881(2): 290–306. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.2.4 Reference page.