Naja nigricincta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Subgenus Afronaja
Species: Naja nigricincta
Subspecies (2): N. n. nigricincta – N. n. woodi

Naja nigricincta Bogert, 1940: 89

Holotype: AMNH 51823, adult ♂, collected by Arthur S. Vernay, Herbert Lang and Rudyerd Boulton on 6 July 1925.
Type locality: “Munhino, Angola”.

Naja nigricollis nigricinctus Bogert, 1940: 89 [original combination, as subspecies, 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, elevated to species]

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.
Broadley, D.G. 1968. A review of the African Cobras of the genus Naja (Serpentes: Elapinae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 3(29): 1–14. Reference page.
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(2): 437–453. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.021 Reference page.

Alexander, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2021. IUCN: Naja nigricincta (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T110168705A139747789. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T110168705A139747789.en. Accessed on 23 February 2026.