Naja ashei
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja ashei
Name
editHolotype: NMK S/3993 (formerly BK 100030), ♀, collected by Royjan Taylor on 29 September 2004.
Type locality: “Watamu, Kenya (3º21’S: 40º01’E)”.
Etymology: named after James Ashe, who first became aware of the distinct nature of this species.
Combinations
edit- Naja (Afronaja) ashei — Wallach, Wüster & Broadley, 2009: 32 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
- Afronaja ashei — Wallach, Williams & Boundy, 2014: 10 [subsequent combination]
References
editPrimary references
edit- Wüster, W. & Broadley, D.G. 2007. Get an eyeful of this: a new species of giant spitting cobra from eastern and north-eastern Africa (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja). Zootaxa 1532: 51–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Naja ashei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 October 2018.
- ZooBank: 8294C5FD-566C-4F6F-8B06-149F7F75EA18
Vernacular names
editрусский: Большая коричневая плюющаяся кобра