SPECIES LIST FOR THE TRUE COBRAS

(HOSER 2009)

Naja

Naja naja (Linnaeus 1758)

Naja kaouthia Lesson 1831

Naja siamensis Laurenti 1768

Naja sputatrix Boie 1827

Naja samarensis Peters 1861

Naja atra Cantor 1842

Naja sumatrana Muller 1890

Naja philippinensis Taylor 1922

Naja mandalayensis Slowinski and Wüster 2000

Naja oxiana (Eichwald 1831)

Naja sagittifera Wall 1913

Boulengerina

Boulengeria annulata (Bucholz and Peters 1876)

Boulengeria christyi Boulenger 1904

Boulengeria multifasciata (Werner 1902)

Boulengeria melanoleuca (Hallowell 1857)

Wellsus gen. nov. - Hoser 2009

Wellsus haje (Linnaeus 1758)

Wellsus nivea (Linnaeus 1758)

Wellsus annulifera (Peters 1854)

Wellsus anchietae (Bocage 1879)

Wellsus annulifera (Peters 1854)

Spracklandus gen. nov. - Hoser 2009

Spracklandus ashei (Wüster and Broadley 2007)

Spracklandus nigricincta (Bogert 1940)

Spracklandus nigricollis (Reinhardt 1843)

Spracklandus mossambica (Peters 1854)

Spracklandus pallida (Boulenger 1896)

Spracklandus nubiae (Wüster and Broadley 2003)

Spracklandus katiensis (Angel 1922)

The paper is:

A reclassification of the True Cobras; species formerly referred to the genera Naja, Boulengerina and Paranaja.
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 7 (2009):1-15.

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