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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.


Taxonomy of the family Micrelapidae
Bibliography of the genus Micrelaps
Biodiversity of the family Micrelapidae








Genus
Micrelaps

Afro-Asian Black-headed Snakes

Afro-Asiatische Schwarzkopfnattern

Afro-Asiatiske Sorthovedsnoge

1880 Micrelaps Boettger (type species: Micrelaps mülleri Boettger 1880)
1888 Elaposchema Mocquard (type species: Elapsoschema vaillanti Mocquard 1888)
Contents: 3 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: E. Africa, Middle East
Reported from: Chad, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Uganda.

Micrelaps bicoloratus

Kenya Two-coloured Snake, Kenya Two-headed Snake

Kenianische Schwarzkopfnatter

Kenyansk Sorthovedsnog

1908 Micrelaps bicoloratus Sternfeld
2002 Micrelaps bicoloratus moyeri Rasmussen

Remarks: Wallach (1991) proposed bicoloratus to be a synonym of boettgeri (now a synonym of vaillanti).
Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania.


Micrelaps muelleri

Israeli Black-headed Snake, (Mueller's Ground Viper, Müller's Two-headed Snake)

Israelische Schwarzkopfnatter

Israelsk Sorthovedsnog

1880 Micrelaps mülleri Boettger
2006 Micrelaps tchernovi Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna (syn. Jamison, Maza, Sinaiko, Tamar, Slavenko & Meir 2020)

Distribution: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria.


Micrelaps vaillanti

Somali Black-headed Snake, Desert Black-headed Snake, Guinea-fowl Snake

Somalische Schwarzkopfnatter

Somalisk Sorthovedsnog

1888 Elapsoschema vaillanti Mocquard
Calamelaps vaillanti Boettger 1893
Micrelaps vaillanti Boulenger 1896
1896 Micrelaps boettgeri Boulenger (Rasmussen 2002)
1908 Rhinocalamus meleagris Sternfeld (Rasmussen 2002)
1910 Micrelaps nigriceps Sternfeld (Largen & Rasmussen 1993)

Other common names:
boettgeri: Desert Black-headed Snake
Distribution: Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.