Micrelaps vaillanti

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Micrelaps
Species: Micrelaps vaillanti
Name

Micrelaps vaillanti (Mocquard, 1888)

Holotype: MNHN 1884.696, ♂.

Type locality: Somalia.
Combinations

Elaposchema vaillanti Mocquard, 1888: 123 [original combination]
Calamelaps vaillanti — Boettger, 1893: 117 [subsequent combination]
Micrelaps vaillanti — Boulenger, 1896: 249 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Micrelaps boettgeri Boulenger 1896: 13 [synonymized by Rasmussen (2002: 74)]

Holotype: 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
Primary references

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

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

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Micrelaps vaillanti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 April 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Somali Two-headed Snake