Naja siamensis

Naja siamensis

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 siamensis

Name

Naja siamensis Laurenti, 1768: 91

• Neotype: BMNH 1987.678, ♀. [designated by Wüster et al. (1997: 776)]
• Type locality: “Imperio Siam”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Ban Phai district hospital, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand” by Wüster et al. (1997: 776).

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wüster, W. & Thorpe, R.S. (1994) Naja siamensis, a cryptic species of venomous snake revealed by mtDNA sequencing. Experientia 50:75–79. DOI: 10.1007/BF01992054
• 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. 
• Wüster, W., Warrell, D.A., Cox, M.J., Jintakune, P. & Nabhitabhata, J. 1997. Redescription of Naja siamensis (Serpentes: Elapidae), a widely overlooked spitting cobra from S.E. Asia: geographic variation, medical importance and designation of a neotype. Journal of Zoology 243: 771–788. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb01975.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Naja siamensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 January 2019.
• Stuart, B., Thy, N., Chan-Ard, T., Nguyen, T.Q. & Bain, R. 2012. IUCN: Naja siamensis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T177488A1488437. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177488A1488437.en. Accessed on 26 June 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Siamesische Speikobra
English: Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra
suomi: Sylkeväindokiinankobra
italiano: Cobra sputatore indo-cinese
ไทย: งูเห่าพ่นพิษสยาม

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