Ikaheka Snake
Micropechis ikaheca
Potentially dangerous
Micropechis ikaheca, commonly known as the New Guinea small-eyed snake or Ikaheka snake, is a highly venomous elapid, the only species in the genus Micropechis. The holotype was collected at Doré (modern day Manokwari) on the Vogelkop of Netherlands New Guinea, and described in 1829, by the naturalist on board the French Navy vessel La Coquille, ship's surgeon René Primevère Lesson, in a volume of the three-year circumnavigation (1922-1925) by Louis Isidore Duperrey, captain of La Coquille. Lesson's holotype is housed in the collection of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, in Paris,…
Micropechis ikaheka, unique représentant du genre Micropechis, est une espèce de serpents de la famille des Elapidae. Répartition Cette espèce se rencontre en Nouvelle-Guinée et aux îles Aru en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée et en Indonésie. Liste des sous-espèces Selon The Reptile Database (8 mai 2015) : Micropechis ikaheka fasciatus (Fischer, 1884) Micropechis ikaheka ikaheka (Lesson, 1830) Publications originales Boulenger, 1896 : Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum.
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