Class Reptilia Family Atractaspididae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Micrelaps Rank Genus | |
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Similar Micrelaps muelleri, Elapotinus, Macrelaps, Amblyodipsas, Aparallactus | ||
micrelaps muelleri
Micrelaps is a genus of venomous rear-fanged atractaspidid snakes found in Africa and the Middle East. Currently, five species are recognized.
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mueller s two headed snake micrelaps muelleri
Species
*) Not including the nominate subspecies T) Type species
Taxonomy
One new species, M. tchernovi, was described in 2006 by Y.L. Werner, Babocsay, Carmely, and Thuna. The authors separate this species from M. muelleri, which, according to them, lives (in the southern Levant) in the mesic Mediterranean zone, whereas M. tchernovi inhabits the semiarid Irano-Turanian zone in the Jordan Valley of Israel and Jordan. The type locality is the central Jordan Valley.
References
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