Micrelaps bicoloratus
Appearance
Micrelaps bicoloratus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Micrelapidae |
Genus: | Micrelaps |
Species: | M. bicoloratus
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Binomial name | |
Micrelaps bicoloratus Sternfeld, 1908
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Micrelaps bicoloratus, or the Kenya two-headed snake, is a species of mildly venomous opisthoglyphous (rear-fanged) snake in the family Atractaspididae.[1] It is endemic to Kenya.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Micrelaps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ Genus Micrelaps at The Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
- Sternfeld, R. 1908. Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen. Sitzber. Ber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin 4:92-95.