Naja savannula BROADLEY, TRAPE, CHIRIO & WÜSTER, 2018
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Naja savannula
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: West African banded cobra |
| Synonym | Naja (Boulengerina) savannula BROADLEY, TRAPE, CHIRIO & WÜSTER in WÜSTER et al. 2018: 81 Naia melanoleuca var. D — BOULENGER 1896: 376 (part.) (not HALLOWELL) Naja “banded form” — HUGHES 2013: 128 Naja sp. 1 cf. melanoleuca (yellow banded dorsum) — TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014:318 Naja sp. 1 cf. melanoleuca (banded savanna form) — TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014: 336 |
| Distribution | Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Chad Type locality: Niénié, W Biosphere Reserve, Benin, 11.05920 °N, 2.20488 °E, elevation 272 m |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 2018.0002, an adult male collected by Laurent Chirio on 31/03/2007 (Fig. 7). Paratype: BMNH 1975.657, a male specimen collected on the grounds of Amadou Bello University Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria, by D.A. Warrell. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguishable from other species of the N. melanoleuca complex by the presence of 3 to 8 semidivided yellowish or whitish bands on the anterior dorsal forebody, becoming uniform black caudad; venter yellow with 2 to 8 black bands. Generally higher mean subcaudal scale counts than the other species. Genetically diagnosable through possession of unique mitochondrial haplotypes (cytochrome b: GenBank MH337597–602; ND4: MH337403–408) and unique PRLR and UBN1 haplotypes (PRLR: MH337501–504; UBN1: MH337532– 535). |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Wüster et al. 2018: 81 (Fig. 6). |
| Etymology | The name is derived from the contraction of its savanna habitat and annulated colour pattern and was coined by Barry Hughes in an unpublished 1968 manuscript. Wüster et al. have retained this name at the request of Barry Hughes. |
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