Micrelaps

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 (4): M. bicoloratus – M. muelleri – M. tchernovi – M. vaillanti

Name

Micrelaps Boettger, 1880: 136

• Type species: Micrelaps muelleri Boettger, 1880, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Boettger, O. 1880. Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Syrien, Palæstina und Cypern. Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main 1879–1880: 132–219. BHL

Additional references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrelaps . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 April 2018.
• Micrelaps – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Afro-Asian Black-headed Snakes