Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean François, David, Patrick, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain & Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, 2011, The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems, Zoosystema 33 (3), pp. 325-360 : 338

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547112

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scientific name

Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843
status

 

Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 9 specimens ( MNHN 1989.0267 About MNHN , MNHN 1982.0454 About MNHN , “ Togo ”, without precise locality; MRAC 29496 View Materials , Aledjo ; MRAC 29732 View Materials , Atakpame ; GHS-W 1202, Agave ; GHS-W 0282, Lomé ; GHS-W 0213, Nangbeto ; GHS-W 0003, Yo [Agome Yo], T 211 , Huilehui) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 390 to 1490 mm; 19-23 MSR, smooth and oblique; 195-207 Ven, smooth; 59-67 Sc, paired; anal single; 6-7 supralabials; 7-9 infralabials; 2 preoculars; 2 or 3 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 or 2 or 3 + 2 or 3 or + 4.

DISTRIBUTION. — Naja nigricollis is present throughout the country in all ecological regions. Sternfeld (1909: 23) recorded it from Bismarkburg (now Adele) and Wegbe in Togo and from Kete-Kratchi in Ghana. It has also been mentioned from Togo by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Broadley (1968), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971), Roman (1984), Spawls & Branch (1995) and David & Ineich (1999).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — According to reports of the CITES Division of the DFC Togo, 12 living specimens were exported from Togo between 2003 and 2005.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Naja

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