Phylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2236, 2009, Pages 1-25

  Trape, Jean FrançOis ^a   Chirio, Laurent ^b   Broadley, Donald G ^c   WüSter, Wolfgang ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b Biodiversity Foundation for Africa ^*  (France)

^c Biodiversity Foundation for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial mtDNA; Naja anchietae; Naja annulifera; Naja arabica; Naja haje; Naja senegalensis sp. nov.; Phylogeny; Snakes; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ELAPIDAE; NAJA; NAJA ANCHIETAE; NAJA HAJE; NAJA HAJE HAJE; SERPENTES;

EID: 70349556625     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2236.1.1     Document Type: Article

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