Micrelaps tchernovi

Micrelaps tchernovi, commonly known as Tchernov's chainling,[1] is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.[2]

Micrelaps tchernovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Micrelaps
Species:
M. tchernovi
Binomial name
Micrelaps tchernovi
Y.L. Werner, 2006
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Y.L. Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna, 2006

Etymology

The specific name or epithet, tchernovi, is in honor of Israeli paleontologist Eitan Tchernov (1935-2002), who collected the holotype.[1][3]

Geographic range

M. chernovi is found in Israel and Jordan.[1]

Description

Dorsally, M. tchernovi has a pattern of 58 (on average) black saddle-like crossbands which fail to reach the ventrals. The crossbands are usually narrower than the light interspaces. Ventrally, it is all black.[1]

References
  1. "Micrelaps tchernovi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
  2. Werner, Yehudah L.; Babocsay, Gergely; Carmely, Hilla; Thuna, Mindy (2006). "Micrelaps in the southern Levant: variation, sexual dimorphism, and a new species (Serpentes: Atractaspididae)". Zoology in the Middle East 38: 29-48. (Micrelaps tchernovi, new species).
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrelaps tchernovi, p. 262).


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