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Pseudohaje goldii (BOULENGER, 1895)

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: African Tree Cobra, Golds Forest Cobra, Goldie’s False Cobra or Tree Cobra 
SynonymNaia goldii BOULENGER 1895: 34
Naia yakomae MOCQUARD 1895 (1896): 233
Naia guentheri BOULENGER 1897: 154
Naja goldii – SCHMIDT 1923: 130
Naja goldii — LOVERIDGE 1936: 42
Naja goldii – MERTENS 1941: 278
Pseudohaje goldii — BOGERT 1942
Pseudohaje goldii — WELCH 1994: 105
Pseudohaje goldii — TRAPE & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995: 44
Pseudohaje goldii — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Pseudohaje goldii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 602
Pseudohaje goldii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 559 
DistributionAngola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, W/C/E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea

Type locality: Asaba, Nigeria  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.21.43 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (7630 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Synonymy (partly) after BOGERT 1942 and A. Schmitz (pers. comm.).

Distribution: see map in RASMUSSEN 1989. For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).

Similar species: Toxicodryas blandingii (males) 
EtymologyNamed after Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (1846-1925), a soldier and founder of what is now Nigeria. He also was the Governor of the Royal Niger Company. 
References
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  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bogert, C. M. 1942. Pseudohaje Günther, a valid genus for two West African arboreal cobras. American Museum Novitates 1174: 1-9 - get paper here
  • Böhme, Wolfgang; Eberhard Fischer & Harald Hinkel 2023. Reptilien aus dem Irangi Forest, Provinz Kivu-Süd, Demokratische Republik Kongo. Sauria 45 (4): 29
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1897. Description of a new snake from Sierra Leone. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 19: 154 - get paper here
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1895. On some new or little-known reptiles obtained by W. H. Crosse Esq. on the Niger. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 16: 32-34 - get paper here
  • Branch, W. R. 1981. The venomous snakes of southern Africa 2. Elapidae and Hydrophidae. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 17 (1): 1-47 - get paper here
  • Broadley, Donald G. 2002. An Appropriate English Name for Pseudohaje goldii (Boulenger). African Herp News (34): 2-3 - get paper here
  • Brunner, A. 1968. Über die Black Forest Cobra, Pseudohaje goldii. Salamandra 4 (2-3): 56-59 - get paper here
  • Chifundera, K. 1990. Snakes of Zaire and their bites. Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157.
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  • SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS, A., CALVO-REVUELTA, M. & DE LA RIVA, I. 2022. Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea. Zootaxa 5202 (1): 1-197 - get paper here
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