Hemachatus haemachatus

Hemachatus haemachatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Hemachatus
Species: Hemachatus haemachatus

Name

• Hemachatus haemachatus (Bonnaterre, 1790)

Holotype: MNHN. [lost fide Broadley in Golay et al. (1993: 138)]

Type locality: “Le Japon, la Perse” [= Japan and Iran] (in error); corrected to “South Africa” by Bogert (1940: 87) and FitzSimons (1962: 287).

Combinations

• Vipera haemachate Lacépède, 1789 [nomen rejiciendum]
• Coluber haemachates Bonnaterre, 1790: 31 [original combination]
• Vipera haemachates — Latreille, 1801 [subsequent combination]
• Sepedon haemachates — Merrem, 1820 [subsequent combination]
• Naja haemachates — Schlegel, 1837 [subsequent combination]
• Aspidelaps haemachates — Jan, 1859 [subsequent combination]
• Hemachatus haemachatus — Stejneger, 1936 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bonnaterre, P.J. 1790. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature: Ophiologie. Panconoke: Paris. XLIV + 76 pp. + 43 pls. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Hemachatus haemachatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 January 2019.
• Alexander, G.J. 2018. IUCN: Hemachatus haemachatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T177556A115659071. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T177556A115659071.en

Vernacular names

English: Ring-necked Spitting Cobra

українська: Кобра нашийникова