Hemachatus nyangensis
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Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Hemachatus
Species: Hemachatus nyangensis
Name[edit]
Hemachatus nyangensis Reissig, Major, Renk, Barlow, Paijmans, Morris, Hofreiter, Broadley & Wüster in Major et al., 2023: 9
- Holotype: NMZB—UM 1307, ♂, collected by D.G. Broadley on 23 November 1961.
- Type locality: “2 kilometres northwest of Pungwe View, Nyanga National Park, Nyanga District, Manicaland Province, Republic of Zimbabwe, 18.42°S, 32.78°E, elevation 1122 m”.
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Major, T., Renk, P., Reissig, J., Paijmans, J.L.A., Morris, E., Hofreiter, M., Barlow, A., Broadley, D.G.† & Wüster, W. 2023. Museum DNA reveals a new, potentially extinct species of rinkhals (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hemachatus) from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. PLoS ONE 18(9): e0291432. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291432 Reference page.