Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: October 31st, 2023. Taxonomy of the family Micrelapidae Bibliography of the genus Brachyophis Biodiversity of the family Micrelapidae Genus Brachyophis Somali Short Snakes Somalische Kurznattern Somaliske Kortsnoge 1888 Brachyophis Mocquard (type species: Brachyophis revoili Mocquard 1888) Contents: 3 species, all of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: Somalia. Brachyophis cornii Central Somali Short Snake, (Corni's Short Snake) Zentralsomalische Kurznatter Centralsomalisk Kortsnog 1932 Brachyophis revoili cornii Scortecci Brachyophis cornii Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Distribution: Somalia. Brachyophis krameri Northern Somali Short Snake, (Kramer's Short Snake) Nordsomalische Kurznatter Nordsomalisk Kortsnog 1966 Brachyophis revoili krameri Lanza Brachyophis krameri Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Distribution: Somalia. Brachyophis revoili Southern Somali Short Snake, (Revoil's Short Snake) Südsomalische Kurznatter Sydsomalisk Kortsnog 1888 Brachyophis revoili Mocquard Remarks: A record from Yemen (Scortecci 1932) is considered unreliable and needs confirmation (Gasperetti 1988). Distribution: Somalia.