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Common names: two-headed snakes. 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.
Micrelaps boettgeri, commonly known as Boettger's two-headed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. [1] The species is endemic to Africa . [ 2 ]
Adults may attain a total length of 28.2 cm (11 in), with a tail 32 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long. 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 anal plate is divided, and the subcaudals are also divided. The head is very flattened.
Florida wildlife officials are caring for a rare two-headed snake after a family found the strange reptile in Palm Harbor. The southern black racer is bicephalic, meaning it has two heads, likely ...
Shop owner says she was left in ‘disbelief’ when she realised snake had two heads
Micrelaps bicoloratus, or the Kenya two-headed snake, is a species of mildly venomous opisthoglyphous (rear-fanged) snake in the family Atractaspididae. [1]
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The California kingsnake is a cathemeral species of snake; they may be active day or night depending on ambient temperatures. [ 5 ] [ 11 ] When disturbed, California kingsnakes will often coil their bodies into a ball [ 12 ] to hide their heads, hiss, and rattle their tails, which can produce a sound somewhat resembling that of a rattlesnake .