Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13226803

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0389D162-7554-8B3A-FCB8-A314FBEFF8CB

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843
status

 

Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843 View in CoL

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Photographs: VMUS 158909, 158910

Individuals were encountered regularly at Ngonye Falls campsite and near the visitor’s center. This species occurs widely in central and northern Zambia, but is largely replaced by N. mossambica in the south ( Broadley 1971a; Broadley et al. 2003).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Naja

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF