Naja subfulva Laurent, 1955

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 211

Naja subfulva Laurent, 1955

Brown Forest Cobra

Material. MOUNT LICO (base): PEM R 23934 (skin). Identification. This species is assignable to the Naja melanoleuca complex on the basis of having the 6 th upper labial in contact with the postocular scale, and the presence of a single preocular scale ( Fig. 4M–N ). Wüster et al. (2018) recently confirmed the species status of N. subfulva based on morphological and genetic data. The closest match on GenBank is N. subfulva from South Africa (99% sequence similarity; MH 337633). Comments. Brought to the campsite by a local who killed it in his machamba (plot of land).

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Fig. 4. Reptiles from Mount Lico and Mount Socone, northern Mozambique. (A) Agama kirkii; (B) A. mossambica; (C) Chamaeleo dilepis; (D) Rhampholeon tilburyi; (E) Trioceros melleri; (F) Platysaurus maculatus; (G) Lygodactylus sp.; (H) Melanoseps ater; (I) Panaspis aff. maculicollis; (J) Dasypeltis scabra; (K–L) Philothamnus macrops; (M–N) Naja subfulva; (O) Boaedon fuliginosus.