Naja nigricincta Bogert, 1940

Santos, Bruna S., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2021, Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection, Zootaxa 5028 (1), pp. 1-80 : 33

Naja nigricincta Bogert, 1940

Material (one specimen): One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 341, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017419; Fig. S69 ), collected from África Ocidental [= “Occidental Africa”] (impossible to georeference), date unknown.

Comments: Naja nigricincta occurs in southwestern Angola as well as central and northern Namibia ( Marques et al. 2018). Branch (2018) refered to Angolan records of this species as Naja (Afronaja) nigricincta nigricincta , while Marques et al. (2018) followed Wüster et al. (2007) and their molecular results, using N. nigricincta . This specimen was not cited by Ferreira (1904, 1906). From the localities in which Newton collected, N. nigricincta is known from “Foz do Cunene”, Namibe Province ( Marques et al. 2018).

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FIGURE S69. Specimen of Naja nigricincta (MHNCUP/REP 341), from África Occidental [=Occidental Africa]. Photo by Bruna Santos.