Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843
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Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843 View in CoL
Black-necked Spitting Cobra ( Fig. 28 View Fig )
Material: Photographic record (J. Traguedo, HF).
Comment: The taxonomy of African cobras ( Naja ) has undergone significant changes in recent years (Branch 2018). The name Naja nigricollis has a complex history of synonymies and varieties, and only when two varieties, N. n. nigricincta and N. n. woodi, were elevated to full species, was the name N. nigricollis stabilized to represent a species ( Wuster et al. 2007). It is widespread in Angola, but avoids dense forest. Locally known as “turula n'jila” (J. Traguedo, pers. comm.).
Wuster W, Crookes S, Ineich I, Mane Y, Pook CE, Trape J-F, Broadley DG. 2007. The phylogeny of cobras 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.
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