Naja kaouthia

Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)

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 kaouthia

Name

Naja kaouthia Lesson, 1831

Synonyms

• Naja kaouthia Lesson, 1831
• Naja tripudians var. fasciata Gray, 1830
• Naia tripudians var. fasciata Hardwicke & Gray, 1835
• Naia tripudians var. fasciata Boulenger, 1896
• Naja naja sputatrix Bourret, 1937
• Naja naja kaouthia Smith, 1940
• Naja kaouthia kaouthia Deraniyagala, 1960
• Naja naja kaouthia Harding & Welch, 1980
• Naja naja kaouthia Golay, 1985: 45
• Naja kaouthia suphanensis Nutaphand, 1986
• Naja kaouthia Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 423
• Naja kaouthia Cox et al. 1998: 26
• Naja naja kaouthia Sharma, 2004
• Naja (Naja) kaouthia Wallach et al. 2009

References

Primary references

• Lesson, R.-P. 1831. Catalogue des reptiles qui font partie d’une collection zoologique recueillie dans l’Indie continentale ou en Afrique et apportée en France par M. Lamare-Piquot. Catalogue dressé (Juillet 1830). Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie, Paris 25(4):119–123.

Additional references

• Wüster, W. & Thorpe, R.S. 1992. Asiatic cobras: population systematics of the Naja naja species complex (Serpentes: Elapidae) in India and Central Asia. Herpetologica 48(1): 69–85. JSTOR 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. 
• 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

• Reptile Database

Vernacular names

বাংলা: কেউটে সাপ
English: Monocled cobra
ไทย: งูเห่า, งูเห่าหม้อ, งูเห่าปลวก, งูเห่าดง

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