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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mozambique Spitting Cobra
G: Mosambik-Speikobra 
SynonymNaja mossambica PETERS 1854: 625
Naja nigricollis var. mossambica — FISCHER 1884: 17
Naja nigricollis var. mossambica — BOULENGER 1896
Naja nigricollis mossambica — MERTENS 1937
Naja nigricollis nigricollis (fide BOYCOTT 1992)
Naja nigricollis mossambica — BROADLEY 1959
Naja mossambica mossambica — BROADLEY 1968
Naja mossambica — BRANCH 1981: 28
Naja mossambica — BROADLEY 1983
Naja mossambica — AUERBACH 1987: 199
Naja mossambica — WELCH 1994: 91
Naja mossambica — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 24
Naja (Afronaja) mossambica — WALLACH et al. 2009
Afronaja mossambica — WALLACH et al. 2014: 10
Naja mossambica — BATES et al. 2014: 404
Naja (Afronaja) mossambica — CONRADIE et al. 2016
Naja mossambica — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 554
Naja mossambica — STANDER 2023: 329 
DistributionExtreme SE Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, NE Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland)
Tanzania, Pemba Island, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Type locality: “Tette, Sena” [Mozambique]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 2811-2 (Naja mossambica PETERS 1854) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 909 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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