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 Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Micropechis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Micropechis Papuan Small-eyed Snake Papuanische Korallenotter Papuansk Koralslange 1843 Elaposoma Fitzinger (type species: Naja elaps Schlegel 1837) 1896 Micropechis Boulenger (type species: Coluber ikaheka Lesson 1830) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Micropechis ikaheka Papuan Small-eyed Snake, Ikaheka Snake, Pacific Coral Snake Papuanische Korallenotter Papuansk Koralslange 1830 Coluber ikaheka Lesson Trimeresurus ikaheka Jan 1863 Ophiophagus ikaheka Peters & Doria 1878 Diemenia ikaheka Müller 1892 Micropechis ikaheka Boulenger 1896 1837 Naja elaps Schlegel (Golay & al. 1993) Trimeresurus elaps Jan 1859 Ophiophagus elaps Meyer 1874 1854 Trimeresurus ophiophagus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril [part] (Golay & al. 1993) 1884 Ophiophagus ikaheka fasciatus Fischer (Golay & al. 1993) Micropechis ikaheka fasciatus Loveridge 1948 Distribution: Indonesia (Aru Islands, Batanta, Biak, Mios Num, Misool, Numfoor, Salawati, Waigeo, Western New Guinea, Yapen), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).