Aspidelaps
Aspidelaps | |
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Shield-nose cobra, Aspidelaps scutatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Aspidelaps Fitzinger, 1843 |
blue - A. lubricus green - A. scutatus |
Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes found in Africa. They are commonly called shield-nosed cobras or coral cobras after their cobra-hoods and enlarged rostral (nose) scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in Aspidelaps as it is in Naja.
Species
Species | Authority | Subsp.* | Common name | Geographic range |
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A. lubricus | Laurenti, 1768 | 2 | Cape coral snake | South Africa (Cape Province), southern Angola, Namibia |
A. scutatus | A. Smith, 1849 | 3 | Shield-nosed cobra | Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, north-east South Africa, Mozambique |
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