Naja

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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
Subgenera: Naja (Naja) - Naja (Afronaja) - Naja (Boulengerina) - Naja (Uraeus)
Species:

N. (Naja): N. atra – N. kaouthia – N. mandalayensis – N. naja – N. oxiana – N. philippinensis – N. sagittifera – N. samarensis – N. siamensis – N. sputatrix – N. sumatrana
N. (Afronaja): N. ashei – N. katiensis – N. mossambica – N. nigricincta – N. nigricollis – N. nubiae – N. pallida
N. (Boulengerina): N. annulata – N. christyi – N. guineensis – N. melanoleuca – N. nana – N. peroescobari – N. savannula – N. subfulva – N. multifasciata
N. (Uraeus): N. arabica – N. anchietae – N. annulifera – N. haje – N. nivea – N. senegalensis

Name

Naja Laurenti, 1768
Afronaja Wallach, Wüster & Broadley, 2009
Synonym: Spracklandus Hoser, 2009: 8 (rejected name)
Gender: [feminine]
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Naja lutescens Laurenti 1768

References

Kaiser, H., Crother, B.I., Kelly, C.M.R., Luiselli, L., O’Shea, M., Ota, H., Passos, P., Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herpetological Review 44(1): 8–23. PDF Reference page.
Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Broadley, D.G. & Wüster, W. 2009. Phylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa. Zootaxa, 2236: 1–25. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
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., 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.
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.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Сапраўдныя кобры
Deutsch: Echte Cobras
English: Cobras
suomi: Kobrat
日本語: フードコブラ属
lietuvių: Kobros
Diné bizaad: Tłʼiish bikʼós niteelígíí
ไทย: งูเห่า