Taxonomy Profile: Micrelaps vaillanti (Mocquard 1888)

Micrelaps vaillanti: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Micrelaps boettgeri
Boulenger 1896
Elaposchema vaillanti
Mocquard 1888
Common Name(s):
Black-headed Micrelaps []
Somali Two-headed Snake []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Micrelaps vaillanti: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Lamprophiidae
Subfamily : Aparallactinae
Genus : Micrelaps
Species : Micrelaps vaillanti
Black-headed Micrelaps |
Somali Two-headed Snake |
Micrelaps vaillanti Direct Children(s):
Micrelaps vaillanti: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Peter Uetz
Notes:
Associate Professor, CSBC
Reference for:
Micrelaps vaillanti
Source(s):
Source:
Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined
Acquired:
2004-08-17
Notes:
Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
Reference for:
Micrelaps vaillanti
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Micrelaps vaillanti
Publication(s):
Micrelaps vaillanti: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Micrelaps vaillanti: Comments