Naja (Naja)
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Subgenus
Species (11): N. (N.) atra – N. (N.) kaouthia – N. (N.) mandalayensis – N. (N.) naja – N. (N.) oxiana – N. (N.) philippinensis – N. (N.) sagittifera – N. (N.) samarensis – N. (N.) siamensis – N. (N.) sputatrix – N. (N.) sumatrana
Name
NajaLaurenti, 1768
- Type species: Naja lutescens Laurenti, 1768, by subsequent designation by Leviton (1968).
References
Primary references
- Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Wüster, W., Crookes, S., Ineich, I., Mané, Y., Pook, C.E., Trape, J.-F. & Broadley, D.G. 2007. The phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja nigricollis complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(2): 437–453. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.021
Reference page. - Wallach, V., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D.G. 2009. In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae). Zootaxa 2236: 26–36. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.