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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesNaja nigricincta nigricincta BOGERT 1940
Naja nigricincta woodi PRINGLE 1955 
Common NamesE: Western Barred Spitting Cobra
woodi: Black Spitting Cobra 
SynonymNaja nigricollis nigricincta BOGERT 1940
Naja nigricollis var. fasciata BOCAGE 1895: 136 (fide BROADLEY 1974)
Naja nigricollis nigricinctus BOGERT 1940
Naja mossambica nirgicincta — BROADLEY 1968
Naja nigricollis nigricincta — BRANCH 1981: 31
Naja nigricollis nigricincta — AUERBACH 1987: 199
Naja nigricollis nigricincta — BAUER et al. 1993
Naja nigricollis nigricincta — WELCH 1994: 93
Naja nigricincta — CIMATTI 2007
Naja nigricincta — WÜSTER et al. 2007
Naja (Afronaja) nigricincta — WALLACH et al. 2009
Afronaja nigricincta — WALLACH et al. 2014: 10
Naja nigricincta — SCHLEICHER 2015: 209
Naja nigricincta — SCHLEICHER 2020

Naja nigricincta woodi PRINGLE 1955
Naja nigra SMITH 1838: 92 (fide BRANCH & BAUER 2005)
Naja nigricollis woodi PRINGLE 1955
Naja mossambica woodi — BROADLEY 1968
Naja nigricollis woodi — BROADLEY 1974: 158
Naja nigricollis woodi — BRANCH 1981: 30
Naja nigricollis woodi — WELCH 1994: 93
Naja nigricollis woodi — AUERBACH 1987: 198
Naja woodi — BAUER & BRANCH 2003
Naja nigricincta woodi — WÜSTER et al. 2007
Naja nigricincta woodi — BATES et al. 2014: 405
Naja nigricincta woodi — SCHLEICHER 2015: 207 
DistributionN Namibia, SW Angola

Type locality: Munhino, S.W. Angola.

woodi: Republic of South Africa, S Namibia, S Botswana; Type locality: Citrusdal, Cape Province.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 51823.
Holotype: SAM 19926 [woodi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1999 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

BOYCOTT & HAACKE (1979) noted intergradation between nigricincta and woodi in Southern Namibia. 
EtymologyNamed after the black bands, from Latin niger, nigra, nigrum = black, and Latin cingere = girdle, ring. 
References
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  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
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