Naja subfulva

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 Boulengerina
Species: Naja subfulva

Name

• Naja subfulva Laurent, 1955

Holotype: MRAC 175147.

Type locality: “Lwiro, 1850 m, Kabare, Kivu, Belgian Congo [= Democratic Republic of Congo]”.

Combinations

• Naja melanoleuca subfulva Laurent, 1955: 132 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Naja subfulva — Chirio & Ineich, 2006: 54 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Naja melanoleuca subfulva — Chirio & LeBreton, 2007: 584 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Naja (Boulengerina) melanoleuca subfulva — Broadley & Blaylock, 2013: 139 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
• Naja (Boulengerina) subfulva — Wüster et al., 2018: 85 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Synonyms

• Naja melanoleuca aurata Stucki-Stirn, 1979: 617

Holotype: not designated.

Type locality: “Bamenda, Cameroon”.

References

Primary references

• Laurent, R.F. 1955. Diagnoses préliminaires de quelques serpents venimeux. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 51: 127–139.
• Stucki-Stirn, M.C. 1979. Snake Report 721. Herpeto-Verlag: Teuffenthal. 650 pp. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 subfulva. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Brown Forest Cobra