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Naja sumatrana MÜLLER, 1890

           
 

Higher Taxa

Elapidae, Serpentes (snakes

Subspecies

Common Name

E: Equatorial Spitting cobra, Golden Spitting Cobra
G: Äquatoriale Speikobra, Sumatra-Kobra

Synonym

Naja tripudians var. sumatrana MÜLLER 1890: 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 (part.) 1896
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

Location

Malaysia (Peninsula, East Malaysia, Pulau Tioman), Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Belitung),
Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands etc.)

Type locality: Solok, Sumatra

Holotype

Comment

Venomous!

Populations from the Malayan Peninsula were for a long time referred to as Naja naja sputatrix, those from Borneo as Naja naja miolepis.

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

References
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  • Gaulke M. 1999. Die Herpetofauna von Calauit Island (Calamianes-Inseln, Provinz Palawan, Philippinen) (Amphibia et Reptilia). Faun. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 21 (19)
  • Grismer, L.L., McGuire, J.A.; Sosa, R. & Kaiser, H. 2002. Revised checklist and comments on the terrestrial herpetofauna of Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia. Herpetological Review 33 (1): 26-29
  • Grossmann,W. & Tillack,F. 2001. Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna des Khao Lak, Phang Nga, thailändische Halbinsel. Teil II: Reptilia: Serpentes; Testudines; Diskussion. Sauria 23 (1): 25-40
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