Two-headed Snakes
Micrelaps
Micrelaps is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes. It is the only genus in the family Micrelapidae. The genus is native to Africa and the Middle East, and there are four species that are recognized as being valid.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Müller's Snake
speciesMicrelaps muelleri
Black-headed Micrelaps
speciesMicrelaps vaillanti
Kenya Two-headed Snake
speciesMicrelaps bicoloratus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 116647.