A new species of spitting cobra (Naja) from north-eastern Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-359

  Wüster, Wolfgang ^a   Broadley, Donald G ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Biodiversity Foundation for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Africa; Multivariate morphometrics; Naja; Naja nubiae sp. nov; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ELAPIDAE; NAJA; NAJA MOSSAMBICA; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; NAJA NUBIAE; NAJA PALLIDA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242584498     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003333     Document Type: Article

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