Black-headed Micrelaps Micrelaps vaillanti
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<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrelaps_vaillanti">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of snake</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1287766962">@media(max-width:640px){body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox{width:100%!important}body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox th{width:50%}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><i><b>Micrelaps vaillanti</b></i>, also known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">commonly</a> as the <b>black-headed micrelaps</b> or the <b>Somali two-headed snake</b>, is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of mildly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous" class="mw-redirect" title="Venomous">venomous</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opisthoglyphous" class="mw-redirect" title="Opisthoglyphous">rear-fanged</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrelapidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Micrelapidae">Micrelapidae</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a>, <i>vaillanti</i>, is in honor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpetologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Herpetologist">herpetologist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Vaillant" title="Léon Vaillant">Léon Vaillant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_range">Geographic range</h2></div> <p><i>M. vaillanti</i> is found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>, eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2></div> <p>The preferred natural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitats</a> of <i>M. vaillanti</i> are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrubland" title="Shrubland">shrubland</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savanna</a>, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> <p><i>M. vaillanti</i> is brown <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsum_(anatomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsum (anatomy)">dorsally</a>, with the center of each <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal scale">dorsal scale</a> grayish white. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral_scales" title="Ventral scales">ventrals</a> are brown in the middle, and whitish on the sides. </p> <p>Adults may attain a total length of 28.2 cm (11 in), with a tail <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>32 mm (<span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in) long. </p> <p>The dorsal scales are smooth, without pits, and are arranged in 15 rows at midbody (in 17 rows on the neck). The ventrals number 171–203. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_scale" title="Anal scale">anal plate</a> is divided, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcaudal_scales" title="Subcaudal scales">subcaudals</a> are also divided. </p> <p>The head is very flattened. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostral_scale" title="Rostral scale">rostral</a> is large, twice as broad as deep, the portion visible from above about <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> as long as its distance from the frontal. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internasal_scales" title="Internasal scales">internasals</a> are twice as broad as long, and twice as long as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_scales" title="Prefrontal scales">prefrontals</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontal_scale" title="Frontal scale">frontal</a> is small, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> times as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_scales" title="Parietal scales">parietals</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocular_scales" title="Ocular scales">supraocular</a> is as long as broad. There is one very small postocular. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_scales" title="Temporal scales">temporals</a> are arranged 1+1. There are seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial_scales" class="mw-redirect" title="Labial scales">upper labials</a>, the third in contact with the prefrontal, the third and fourth (or third, fourth, and fifth) entering the eye. There are four lower labials in contact with the anterior <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_shields" title="Chin shields">chin shield</a>. The two pairs of chin shields (anterior and posterior) are subequal in size.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p><i>M. vaillanti</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparity" title="Oviparity">oviparous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn-1"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ignas_Safari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ignas Safari (page does not exist)">Safari I</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Kenyatta_Malonza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patrick Kenyatta Malonza (page does not exist)">Malonza P</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Beraducci" title="Joe Beraducci">Beraducci J</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Spawls" title="Stephen Spawls">Spawls S</a> (2019). "<i>Micrelaps vaillanti</i> ". The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN" class="mw-redirect" title="IUCN">IUCN</a> Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T20878418A20878429. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20878418A20878429.en">https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20878418A20878429.en</a>. Downloaded on 16 September 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RDB-2"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Species <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Micrelaps&species=vaillanti">Micrelaps vaillanti</a></i> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reptile-database.org/">The Reptile Database</a> www.reptile-database.org.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ITIS-3"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ITIS_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style> <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700186">"<i>Micrelaps</i>"</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">Integrated Taxonomic Information System</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 August</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Micrelaps&rft.pub=Integrated+Taxonomic+Information+System&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itis.gov%2Fservlet%2FSingleRpt%2FSingleRpt%3Fsearch_topic%3DTSN%26search_value%3D700186&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMicrelaps+vaillanti" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). <i>The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles</i>. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5">978-1-4214-0135-5</a>. (<i>Micrelaps vaillanti</i>, p. 271).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Albert_Boulenger" title="George Albert Boulenger">Boulenger GA</a> (1896). <i>Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ.</i> London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (<i>Micrelaps vaillanti</i>, new combination, p. 249).</span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul> <li> <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mocquard" class="extiw" title="fr:François Mocquard">Mocquard F</a> (1888). "<i>Sur une collection de reptiles et de batraciens rapportés des pays somalis et de Zanzibar par M</i> [onsieur]. <i>G. Révoil</i> ". <i>Mémoires Publiés par la Société Philomatique à l'occasion du Centenaire de sa fondation 1788-1888, Paris</i>. pp. 109–134. (<i>Elaposchema vaillanti</i>, new species, p. 123 + Plate XII, figure 1). (in French).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malcolm_John_Largen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malcolm John Largen (page does not exist)">Largen M</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Spawls" title="Stephen Spawls">Spawls S</a> (2010). <i>Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea</i>. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3899734669" title="Special:BookSources/978-3899734669">978-3899734669</a>. (<i>Micrelaps vaillanti</i>, p. 586).</li> <li>Spawls S, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Monroe_Howell" title="Kim Monroe Howell">Howell K</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hinkel" title="Harald Hinkel">Hinkel H</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Menegon" title="Michele Menegon">Menegon M</a> (2018). <i>Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition</i>. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1472935618" title="Special:BookSources/978-1472935618">978-1472935618</a>. (<i>Micrelaps vaillanti</i>, p. 459).</li> </ul> <div class="navbox-styles"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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4em"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Micrelaps vaillanti</i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2712500" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q2712500">Q2712500</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Micrelaps_vaillanti" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Micrelaps vaillanti">Micrelaps vaillanti</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Diversity_Web" title="Animal Diversity Web">ADW</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Micrelaps_vaillanti/">Micrelaps_vaillanti</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/458470">458470</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2472626">2472626</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/116537">116537</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10361415">10361415</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700381">700381</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20878418/0">20878418</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation.org" title="Observation.org">Observation.org</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://observation.org/species/101411/">101411</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Tree_of_Life" title="Open Tree of Life">Open Tree of Life</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/taxonomy/browse?id=4120695">4120695</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_Database" title="Reptile Database">RD</a>: <span class="uid"><a class="external text" 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Common Names
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Micrelapidae
Genus: Micrelaps
Species: Black-headed Micrelaps Micrelaps vaillanti
Conservation Status
least concern (LC)