Naja haje

Trape, Jean-François, Chirio, Laurent, Broadley, Donald G. & Wüster, Wolfgang, 2009, Phylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa, Zootaxa 2236, pp. 1-25 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.190424

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:95D8F2E0-0C85-44A3-952D-15E5E89A0795

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631886

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DB66570B-F27E-FFC2-FF0F-3C66FA4C213E

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scientific name

Naja haje
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Key to the species of the Naja haje species complex

1. West African savannas; 25 (rarely 23 or 27) scale rows around the neck; head and supralabial region dark, without pattern in adults; juveniles normally with a strongly contrasting white blotch on the dark neck .......... N. senegalensis

- Elsewhere; 23 or fewer scale rows around neck; head and supralabial region often contrastingly patterned; juveniles without white blotch on neck ....................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Africa south of Tanzania and Congo forests; rostral enlarged, snout pointed; normally 19 or fewer midbody dorsal scale rows...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

- Africa from Tanzania northward, Arabian Peninsula; rostral not enlarged; often 21 midbody dorsal scale rows....... 4

3. Western southern Africa; 17 midbody dorsal scale rows, 15 dorsal scale rows around neck .................... N. anchietae

- Eastern southern Africa; 19 midbody dorsal scale rows, 19 dorsal scale rows around neck .................... N. annulifera

4. Arabian Peninsula; normally over 65 subcaudals; often 19 scale rows around neck, supralabials usually unpatterned ....................................................................................................................................................................... N. arabica

- Africa from Tanzania northward; normally 65 or fewer subcaudals, rarely fewer than 21 scale rows around neck, supralabials often contrastingly patterned with “teardrop” marking, except in very dark animals ................... N. haje

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Naja

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