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Micrelaps bicoloratus

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Micrelaps bicoloratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Micrelapidae
Genus: Micrelaps
Species:
M. bicoloratus
Binomial name
Micrelaps bicoloratus
Sternfeld, 1908

Micrelaps bicoloratus, or the Kenya two-headed snake, is a species of venomous opisthoglyphous (rear-fanged) snake in the family Atractaspididae.[1] It is endemic to Kenya.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Micrelaps". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  2. ^ 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.