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Naja anchietae
| Description | Anchieta's cobra (Naja anchietae), sometimes referred to as the Angolan cobra, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the southern regions of Africa. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naja_anchietae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Naja anchietae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Naja | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Naja anchietae Bocage, 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Anchieta's Cobra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naja_anchietae |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Naja haje Boettger, 1887 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Naja haje |
| Naja anchietae Wallach Et Al., 2009 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Naja anchietae |
| Naia anchietae Boulenger, 1896 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Naia anchietae |
| Naja annulifera anchietae Bocage, 1879 | GBIF | subspecies | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Naja annulifera anchietae |
| Naja haje anchietae Mertens, 1937 | GBIF | subspecies | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Naja haje anchietae |
| Naja annulifera anchietae Broadley, 1995 | GBIF | subspecies | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Naja annulifera anchietae |
| Uraeus anchietae Wallach Et Al., 2014 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Elapidae : Naja : Uraeus anchietae |
References
| Boettger,O. (1887) Zweiter Beitrag zur Herpetologie Südwest- und Südafrikas.: Ber. senckenb. naturf. Ges., Frankfurt am Main, 1887:135-173 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. (2004) The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo].: African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Broadley,D.G. (1962) On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards.: Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Aaron M. Bauer, David C. Blackburn and Ana C. F. C. Lavres. (2014) The herpetofauna of the Capanda Dam Region, Malanje, Angola.: Herpetological Review 45 (4): 667-674 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. (2007) Venomous Snakes of Africa/Giftschlangen Afrikas.: Terralog 15, Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 150 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Spawls, S., Branch,B. (1995) The Dangerous Snakes of Africa.: Blandford, London, 192 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Trape, J.F.; Chirio, L.; Broadley, D.G. & Wüster, W. (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: 1–25 - via Catalogue of Life |
| BROADLEY, D.G. & W. WÜSTER (2004) A review of the southern African ‘non-spitting’ cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja).: African Journal of Herpetology 53 (2):101-122 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Broadley, D.G. (1968) A review of the African cobras of the genus Naja (Serpentes: Elapinae).: Arnoldia (Rhodesia) (ser. 3) 29: 1-14 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Broadley, D.G.; Doria, C.T. & Wigge, J. (2003) Snakes of Zambia. An Atlas and Field Guide.: Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 280 pp. [review in Sauria 26 (3): 21] - via Catalogue of Life |
| Sternfeld, R. (1910) Zur Schlangenfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Mehrere Fälle von Mimikry bei afrikanischen Schlangen.: Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin, 5: 51-60 - via Catalogue of Life |
| 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 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy (2014) Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species.: Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Auerbach,R.D. (1987) The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana.: Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Bocage,J.V.B. du (1879) Reptiles et batraciens nouveaux d'Angola.: J. Acad. Sci. Lisbon 7: 97-99 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Broadley, D.G. (1959) The herpetology of Southern Rhodesia. Part I--the snakes.: Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 120 (1): 1-100 [reprint 1972] - via Catalogue of Life |
| Cimatti, E. (2007) Namibia - Introduction to a vast territory.: Reptilia (GB) (50): 58-67 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch (2013) Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist.: Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Mertens, R. (1937) Reptilien und Amphibien aus dem südlichen Inner-Afrika.: Abh. senckenberg. naturf. Ges. 435: 1-23 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (2011) The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles.: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - via Catalogue of Life |
| Bogert, Charles M. (1943) Dentitional phenomena in cobras and other elapids with notes on adaptive modifications of fangs.: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 81 (3): 285-260 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Boulenger, G.A. (1896) Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3.: London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Broadley, D.G. (1995) The snouted cobra, Naja annulifera, a valid species in southern Africa.: J. Herpetol. Ass. Africa 44: 26-32. - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
