Hemachatus haemachatus

Hemachatus haemachatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera 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

• 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]

Synonyms

• Coluber haemachate Lacépède, 1789: 115 [unavaliable name, Lacépède, 1789 was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature by Opinion 1463 (1987)]

References

Primary references

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Bonnaterre, P.-J. 1790. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Ophiologie. Chez Panckoucke: Paris. xliv + 76 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1987. Opinion 1463. De Lacépède, 1788-1789, Histoire Naturelle des Serpens and later editions: rejected as a non-binominal work. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(4): 265–267. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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. Accessed on 11 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Ring-necked Spitting Cobra
українська: Кобра нашийникова