Naja atra

Naja atra

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: Naja
Subgenus Naja
Species: Naja atra

Name

• Naja atra Cantor, 1842: 482

Holotype: BMNH. [lost fide Golay et al. (1993: 185)]

Type locality: “Chusan [=Zhoushan]” Island, Zhejiang Province, China.

Synonyms

• Naja tripudians var. scopinucha Cope, 1859: 343

Holotype: ANSP 6988.

Type locality: “Canton River”.

References

Primary references

• Cantor, T. 1842. General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island [part 3]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 1, 9(60): 481–493. DOI: 10.1080/03745484209445368 BHL
• Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Catalogue of the venomous serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes on the families, genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 332–347. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Wüster, W. 1996. Taxonomic changes and toxinology: Systematic revisions of the asiatic cobras (Naja naja species complex). Toxicon 34: 399–406. DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00139-5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Naja atra. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 May 2018.
• Ji, X. & Li, P. 2014. IUCN: Naja atra  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T192109A2040894. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T192109A2040894.en

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Cobra, Taiwan Cobra
svenska: Kinesisk kobra

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