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Naja  Laurenti, 1768
Taxonomic Serial No.: 700233

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Boulengerina Dollo, 1886
  
    Paranaja Loveridge, 1944
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyElapidae F. Boie, 1827 – Cobras, Coral Snakes, Elapids, Kraits, Coralsnakes  
                                     SubfamilyElapinae F. Boie, 1827  
                                        GenusNaja Laurenti, 1768  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Naja anchietae Bocage, 1879 – Anchieta's Cobra 
                                           Species Naja annulata Buchholz and Peters in Peters, 1876 – Ringed Water Cobra 
                                           Species Naja annulifera W. C. H. Peters, 1854 – Snouted Cobra, Banded Cobra 
                                           Species Naja arabica Scortecci, 1932  
                                           Species Naja ashei Wüster and Broadley, 2007 – Ashe's Spitting Cobra 
                                           Species Naja atra Cantor, 1842 – Chinese Cobra 
                                           Species Naja christyi (Boulenger, 1904) – Christy's Water Cobra 
                                           Species Naja haje (Linnaeus, 1758) – Egyptian Cobra 
                                           Species Naja kaouthia Lesson in Ferussac, 1831 – Monocled Cobra, Monocellate Cibra 
                                           Species Naja katiensis Angel, 1922 – Katian Spitting Cobra, Mali Cobra 
                                           Species Naja mandalayensis Slowinski and Wüster, 2000  
                                           Species Naja melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857 – Forest Cobra, Black and White Cobra 
                                           Species Naja mossambica W. C. H. Peters, 1854 – Mozambique Spitting Cobra 
                                           Species Naja multifasciata Werner, 1902 – Many-banded Snake 
                                           Species Naja naja (Linnaeus, 1758) – Indian Cobra 
                                           Species Naja nigricincta Bogert, 1940 – Western Barred Spitting Cobra 
                                           Species Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843 – Black-necked Spitting Cobra 
                                           Species Naja nivea (Linnaeus, 1758) – Cape Cobra 
                                           Species Naja nubiae Wüster and Broadley, 2003 – Nubian Spitting Cobra 
                                           Species Naja oxiana (Eichwald, 1831) – Central Asian Cobra 
                                           Species Naja pallida Boulenger, 1896 – African Cobra, Red Spitting Cobra 
                                           Species Naja peroescobari Ceríaco, Marques, Schmitz and Bauer, 2017 – São Tomé Cobra, Cobra-preta 
                                           Species Naja philippinensis Taylor, 1922 – Philippine Cobra 
                                           Species Naja sagittifera Wall, 1913 – Andaman Cobra 
                                           Species Naja samarensis W. C. H. Peters, 1861 – Peters' Cobra 
                                           Species Naja senegalensis Trape, Chirio and Wüster, 2009  
                                           Species Naja siamensis Laurenti, 1768 – Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra 
                                           Species Naja sputatrix F. Boie, 1827 – Indonesian Cobra 
                                           Species Naja sumatrana F. Müller, 1887 – Equatorial Spitting Cobra, Golden Spitting Cobra 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Naja   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dumerilia, vol. 3   
  Page(s): 3-499   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1256-7779   
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  Reference for: Naja   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wallach, Van, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Boundy  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snakes of the World. A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species   
  Page(s): 1209   
  Publisher: CRC Press   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4822-08474   
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  Reference for: Naja   
       

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