Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Subgenus Afronaja
Species: Naja nigricincta
Subspecies (2): N. n. nigricincta – N. n. woodi
Name
- Naja nigricincta Bogert, 1940: 89
Holotype: AMNH 51823, adult ♂.
Type locality: “Munhino, Angola.”
Combinations
- Naja nigricollis nigricinctus Bogert, 1940: 89 [original combination, incorrect gender agreement]
- Naja nigricollis nigricincta — Mertens, 1955: 110 [subsequent combination, correct gender agreement]
- Naja mossambica nigricincta — Broadley, 1968: 12 [subsequent combination]
- Naja nigricincta — Wüster et al. 2007: 446 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
References
Primary references
- Bogert, C.M. 1940. Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition with notes on African reptiles in other collections. Part 1, Snakes, including an arrangement of the African Colubridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(1): 1–107 + 1 pl. handle. Reference page.
Additional references
- Wüster, W., Crookes, S., Ineich, I., Mané, Y., Pook, C.E., Trape, J.-F. & Broadley, D.G. 2007. The phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja nigricollis complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 437–453. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.021 Full article (PDF).
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Naja nigricincta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 April 2018.