Naja sagittifera

Naja sagittifera

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 Cladus: 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 Naja
Species: Naja sagittifera

Name

Naja sagittifera Wall, 1913

• Holotype: ZSI 4011 (formerly IMC), collected by N. Annandale between 1900–1913.
• Type locality: “the Andamans”.

Combinations

• Naja tripudians sagittifera Wall, 1913: 247 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Naja kaouthia sagittifera — Deraniyagala, 1960 [subsequent combination]
• Naja naja sagittifera — Leviton, 1968 [subsequent combination]
• Naja sagittifera — Wüster, Thorpe, Cox, Jintakune & Nabhitabhata, 1995 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• India: Andamans Islands: North Andaman, Middle Andaman and South Andaman.

References

Primary references

• Wall, F. 1913. A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes. Illustrated by coloured plates and diagrams. Part XX. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22(2): 243–259, pl. 21.
• Wüster, W., Thorpe, R.S., Cox, M.J., Nabhitabhata, J. & Jintakune, P. 1995. Population systematics of the snake genus Naja (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) in Indochina: Multivariate morphometrics and comparative mitochondrial DNA sequencing (cytochrome oxidase I). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 8: 493–510. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1995.8040493.x Reference page. 

Links

• Mohapatra, P. & Achyuthan, N.S. 2021. IUCN: Naja sagittifera  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T202848A2757313. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202848A2757313.en. Accessed on 18 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Andaman cobra

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