Naja melanoleuca
Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja melanoleuca
Name
[edit]Naja melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Hallowell, E. 1857. Notice of a collection of reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 48-72.
Additional references
[edit]- Wallach, V., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D.G. 2009. In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae). Zootaxa 2236: 26–36. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.
- Wüster, W., Chirio, L., Trape, J.-F., Ineich, I., Jackson, K., Greenbaum, E., Barron, C., Kusamba, C., Nagy, Z.T., Storey, R., Hall, C., Wüster, C.E., Barlow, A. & Broadley, D.G.† 2018. Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae). Zootaxa 4455(1): 68–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.3 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Naja melanoleuca. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 May 2021.
- Immediate First Aid for bites by the Forest cobra
- Forest cobra information
- IUCN: Naja melanoleuca (Least Concern)
Vernacular names
[edit]Deutsch: Schwarzweiße Hutschlange
English: Central African Forest Cobra, Forest cobra, Black or White-lipped cobra, Black forest cobra, White forest cobra
español: cobra de bosque, cobra blanquinegra
suomi: Mustahuulikobra
polski: Kobra czarnobiała