Taxonavigation edit

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 Boulengerina
Species: Naja subfulva

Name edit

Holotype: MRAC 175147.

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

Combinations edit

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

Synonyms edit

Holotype: not designated.

Type locality: “Bamenda, Cameroon”.

References edit

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Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Brown Forest Cobra