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: April 12th, 2025. 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. Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the genus Micropechis. Compiled by V. Wallach 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).