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Naja naja (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Elapidae
genus
Naja
species
Naja naja

Name

Synonyms
Coluber caecus Gmelin, 1788
Coluber naja Linnaeus, 1758
Coluber rufus Gmelin, 1788
Naja brasiliensis Laurenti, 1768
Naja fasciata Laurenti, 1768
Naja lutescens Laurenti, 1768
Naja lutrescens Laurenti, 1768
Naja maculata Laurenti, 1768
Naja naja bombaya Deraniyagala, 1961
Naja naja ceylonicus Chatman & Di Mari, 1974
Naja naja gangetica Deraniyagala, 1945
Naja naja indusi Deraniyagala, 1960
Naja naja karachiensis Deraniyagala, 1961
Naja naja lutescens Deraniyagala, 1945
Naja naja madrasiensis Deraniyagala, 1945
Naja naja polyocellata Mehrtens, 1987
Naja nigra Gray, 1830
Naja non-naja Laurenti, 1768
Naja tripudians Merrem, 1820
Naja tripudians f. typica Boulenger, 1896
Homonyms
Naja naja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Brillenschlange in German
Common cobra in English
Indian Cobra in English
Indian cobra in English
Kobra in German
Spectacled cobra in English
Indian Cobra in English
Central Asian Cobra in English
Oxus Cobra in English
Spectacled Cobra in English

Bibliographic References

  1. David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich, 1999: Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition. Dumerilia, vol. 3. 3-499.
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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