Pseudohaje

Pseudohaje
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Pseudohaje
Günther, 1858
Species

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Pseudohaje is a genus of African elapid snakes, commonly called tree cobras or forest cobras because of their arboreal lifestyle.[1][2]

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Characteristics

Tree cobras have proportionally larger eyes compared to Naja spp., smaller fangs, and smaller bone structures.[2] Members were formerly categorized as Naja, but anatomical analysis of midbody scale rows distinguished them as a separate taxon.[2]

Species

See also

References

  1. ^ http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pseudohaje.html#Pseudohaje
  2. ^ a b c Bogert, Charles M. (1942). "Pseudohaje Günther, a valid genus for two West African arboreal cobras". American Museum of Natural History. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/4745/1/N1174.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-30. 
  3. ^ Boulenger (1895)
  4. ^ Günther (1858)

External links

Data related to Pseudohaje at Wikispecies