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    Species Accepted

    Naja nivea (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      23 results
      Cape Cobra English
      Cobra del Cabo Spanish
      Cobra del Sudafrica Italian
      Cobra du Cap French
      Geelslang Afrikaans
      Gul Kobra Danish
      Kaapse Kobra Afrikaans
      Kaapse cobra Dutch
      Kake Tswana
      Kap-Kobra German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      51 results
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      Conradie, Werner; Brian Reeves , Neil Brown, & Jan A. Venter. (2016). Herpetofauna of the Oviston, Commando Drift and Tsolwana nature reserves in the arid interior of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Indago 32: 81-98.
      Linnaeus, C. [= Linné, C. von]. (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 Pp.
      Branch, W. R., Haagner, G. V., & Hall, R. (1993). Life History Notes - Naja nivea. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (42): 40-40.
      Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.). (2014). Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 Pp.
      Trutnau, L. (1984). Erfahrungen bei der Pflege und Nachzucht von zwei afrikanischen Naja-Arten: der Schwarzweißen Hutschlange Naja melanoleuca HALLOWELL 1857 und der Kapkobra Naja nivea (LINNAEUS 1758). Herpetofauna 6 (31): 15-26.
      Fitzsimons, V. F. M., & Brain, C. K. (1958). A Short account of the Reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe, 1(1): 99-104.
      Schleicher, & Alfred. (2020). Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 Pp.
      Branch, W. R. (1981). The venomous snakes of southern Africa 2. Elapidae and Hydrophidae. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 17 (1): 1-47.
      BROADLEY, D.G. & W. WÜSTER. (2004). A review of the southern African ‘non-spitting’ cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja). African Journal of Herpetology 53 (2):101-122.

      Citation

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