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Naja sumatrana MÜLLER, 1887

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Equatorial Spitting cobra, Golden Spitting Cobra
G: Äquatoriale Speikobra, Sumatra-Kobra 
SynonymNaja tripudians var. sumatrana MÜLLER 1887: 277
Naja tripudians var. nigra PETERS 1859: 271 (nomen neglecta)
Naia tripudians var leucodira BOULENGER 1896
Naia tripudians var. miolepis BOULENGER 1896
Naia tripudians var. caeca BOULENGER 1896 (part.)
Naia tripudians var. sputatrix — BOULENGER (part.) 1896
Naja sumatrana miolepis BOULENGER 1896
Naja tripudians paucisquamis PERACCA 1899
Naja tripudians sumatrana — SCHENCKEL 1901
Naia tripudians leucodira ROSEN 1905
Naja naja sputatrix — STEJNEGER (part) 1907
Naja naja miolepis GRIFFIN 1909
Naja naja paucisquamis BARBOUR 1912
Naja naja leucodira MERTENS 1934
Naja naja sumatrana — KOPSTEIN 1935
Naja kaouthia sputatrix — DERANIYAGALA 1960
Naja sputatrix malayae DERANIYAGALA 1961
Naja sputatrix miolepis DERANIYAGALA 1961
Naja naja sumatrana — HARDING & WELCH 1980
Naja sputatrix sputatrix — LINGENHOLE & TRUTNAU 1989
Naja sumatrana — WÜSTER & THORPE 1989
Naja sumatrana — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 424
Naja sumatrana — COX et al. 1998: 29
Naja (Naja) sumatrana — WALLACH et al. 2009
Naja sumatrana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 463 
DistributionMalaysia (Peninsula, East Malaysia, Pulau Pangkor, Pulau Tioman), Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Belitung),
Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands etc.)

Type locality: Solok, Sumatra.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMBA 2244, a female (F. Müller).
Holotype: ZMB 7098 [Naja tripudians nigra] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (395 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Distribution: Populations from the Malayan Peninsula were for a long time referred to as Naja naja sputatrix, those from Borneo as Naja naja miolepis. For a map see Shi et al. 2022: 3 (Fig. 1).

N. tripudans var. nigra: type: ZMB 7098, terra typica: Sarawak Borneo Indonesia, leg Doria. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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