Micrelaps vaillanti
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Micrelaps
Species: Micrelaps vaillanti
Name
edit- Micrelaps vaillanti (Mocquard, 1888)
Holotype: MNHN 1884.696, ♂.
Type locality: Somalia.
Combinations
edit- Elaposchema vaillanti Mocquard, 1888: 123 [original combination]
- Calamelaps vaillanti — Boettger, 1893: 117 [subsequent combination]
- Micrelaps vaillanti — Boulenger, 1896: 249 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
editHolotype: MSNG 29058, ♀.
Type locality: “Dolo”, southern Somalia.
- Rhinocalamus meleagris Sternfeld, 1908: 244 [synonymized with M. bicoloratus by Loveridge (1936) and with M. boettgeri by De Witte & Laurent (1947)]
Holotype: ZMB 20726, ♀.
Type locality: “Insel Lamu (Britisch-Ostafrika)” by Sternfeld (1910).
- Micrelaps nigriceps Sternfeld, 1910: 69 [synonymized with M. boettgeri by Boulenger (1915)]
Holotype: ZMB 27425, ♀.
Type locality: Abd el Kadr (südlich von Harar), Abessynien”.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Mocquard, F. 1888. Sur une collection de reptiles et batraciens rapportés des pays Comalis et de Zanzibar par M.G. Révoil. Publiés par la Société philomathique à l'occasion du centenaire de sa fondation 1788-1888: 109–134.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1896. A list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the late Prince Eugenio Ruspoli in Somaliland and Gallaland in 1893. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 37: 5–14. BHL
- Sternfeld, R. 1908. Zur Schlangenfauna Ostafrikas. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4(1): 237–247. BHL Reference page.
- Sternfeld, R. 1910. Neue Schlangen aus Kamerun, Abessynien und Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 67–70. BHL
Additional references
edit- 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
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrelaps vaillanti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 April 2018.