Naja nigricincta

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 Afronaja
Species: Naja nigricincta
Subspecies (2): N. n. nigricincta – N. n. woodi

Holotype: AMNH 51823, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Munhino, Angola.”

Naja nigricollis nigricinctus Bogert, 1940: 89 [original combination, incorrect gender agreement]
Naja nigricollis nigricincta — Mertens, 1955: 110 [subsequent combination, correct gender agreement]
Naja mossambica nigricincta — Broadley, 1968: 12 [subsequent combination]
Naja nigricincta — Wüster et al. 2007: 446 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Bogert, C.M. 1940. Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition with notes on African reptiles in other collections. Part 1, Snakes, including an arrangement of the African Colubridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(1): 1–107 + 1 pl. handle. 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: 437–453. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.021 Full article (PDF).

English: Western Barred Spitting Cobra