Micrelaps bicoloratus moyeri

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Micrelaps bicoloratus moyeri Rasmussen, 2002 Current name: Micrelaps bicoloratus moyeri Holotype: ZMUC R631585	Material in: ZMUC
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Additional information Endemic to East African and apparently with a very restricted distribution. Known only from southern Kenya and northernmost Tanzania where it is found in a number of more or less open habitats. Only very little is known about its biology but it appears to be burrowing and active only during the nighttime. [Reference: Rasmussen, J. B. 2002. A review of the African members of the genus Micrelaps Boettger 1880 (Serpentes Atractaspididae). Tropical Zoology 15: 71-87]

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Estimated African distribution:
Digitised distribution records not available.

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