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: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Lamprophiidae Bibliography of the genus Macrelaps Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae Genus Macrelaps Natal Black Snake Natal-Schwarzschlange Sort Natalsnog 1896 Macrelaps Boulenger (type species: Uriechis microlepidotus Günther 1860) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Placed in the family Atractaspididae by Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schätti & Toriba (1993). Distribution: As for the single species. Macrelaps microlepidotus Natal Black Snake Natal-Schwarzschlange Sort Natalsnog 1860 Uriechis microlepidotus Günther Macrelaps microlepidotus Boulenger 1896 1877 Atractaspis natalensis Peters (Golay & al. 1993) Distribution: South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal).