This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • SQL downloads
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Naja nivea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Elapidae
genus
Naja
species
Naja nivea

Name

Synonyms
Coluber niveus Linnaeus, 1758
Naia flava Boulenger, 1887
Naja flava Sternfeld, 1910
Naja gutturalis Smith, 1838
Naja haje var. capensis Jan, 1863
Naja intermixta Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Naja nivea Boie, 1827
Homonyms
Naja nivea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Naja nivea Boie, 1827
Common names
Cape Cobra in English
Cape Cobra in English
Cape Cobra in English
Cobra del Cabo in Spanish
Cobra del Sudafrica in Italian
Cobra du Cap in French
Geelslang in Afrikaans
Gul Kobra in Danish
Kaapse Kobra in Afrikaans
Kaapse cobra in Dutch
Kake in Tswana
Kap-Kobra in German
Kap-Kobra in German
Kapkobra in German
Kappkobra in Norwegian Bokmål
Koperkapel in Afrikaans
Viherkobra in Finnish
fokföldi kobra in Hungarian
kake wa dikaka in Tswana
kake wa kapa in Tswana
kobra kapská in Czech
umDlezinye in Xhosa
Капская кобра in Russian
ناشر رأس الرجاء الصالح in Arabic
ケープコブラ in Japanese
黃金眼鏡蛇 in Chinese
Cape Cobra in English

Bibliographic References

  1. David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich, 1999: Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition. Dumerilia, vol. 3. 3-499.
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements How to cite? Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource