Naja peroescobari

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 Boulengerina
Species: Naja peroescobari

Name

• Naja peroescobari Ceríaco, Marques, Schmitz & Bauer, 2017: 130

Holotype: MUHNAC/MB03–001065, adult ♂, collected by Luis Ceríaco, Mariana Marques and Ana Carolina Sousa on 24 February 2016.

Type locality: “in the vicinity of Praia Inhame (0.028636° N, 6.523203° E, WGS-84; 17 m above sea level), São Tomé Island, Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe.”

References

Primary references

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Schmitz, A. & Bauer, A.M.. 2017. The “Cobra-preta” of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae). Zootaxa 4324(1): 121–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.7. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Naja peroescobari. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 December 2017.