Naja melanoleuca

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja melanoleuca

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

Name

Naja melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857

References

Primary references

Hallowell, E. 1857. Notice of a collection of reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 48-72.

Additional references

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., 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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Naja melanoleuca. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 May 2021.
Immediate First Aid for bites by the Forest cobra
Forest cobra information
IUCN: Naja melanoleuca (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

বাংলা: কালো কোবরা
Deutsch: Schwarzweiße Hutschlange
English: Central African Forest Cobra, Forest cobra, Black or White-lipped cobra, Black forest cobra, White forest cobra
español: cobra de bosque, cobra blanquinegra
suomi: Mustahuulikobra
polski: Kobra czarnobiała

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