Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Naja naja LINNAEUS 1758 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Coluber caecus GMELIN 1788 (synonym)

Coluber Naja LINNAEUS 1758 (synonym)

Coluber rufus GMELIN 1788 (synonym)

Naja brasiliensis LAURENTI 1768 (synonym)

Naja ceylonicus CASTRO 1989 (synonym)

Naja fasciata LAURENTI 1768 (synonym)

Naja lutescens LAURENTI 1768 (synonym)

Naja maculata LAURENTI 1768 (synonym)

Naja nigra GRAY 1830 (synonym)

Naja nonnaja LAURENTI 1768 (synonym)

Naja tripudians MERREM 1820 (synonym)

Naja tripudians caeca BOULENGER 1896 (ambiguous synonym)

Naja tripudians forma BOULENGER 1896 (synonym)

Common name:

Indian Cobra English

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Reptilia

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Order Squamata

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Family Elapidae

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Genus Naja

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Distribution:

Pakistan, India (throughout most of the country), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, E Afghanistan (?) Terra typica: India orientali

Additional data:

Venomous! All Asiatic Naja used to be regarded as subspecies of Naja naja. Naja lutescens LAURENTI 1768 is the type species of the genus Naja LAURENTI 1768.

Source database:

TIGR Reptile Database , Oct 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Uetz P.

Online resource:

http://www.tigr.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f018bb20-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2009


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