Naja peroescobari
Naja peroescobari | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Naja |
Species: | N. peroescobari
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Binomial name | |
Naja peroescobari Ceríaco, Marques, Schmitz & Bauer, 2017
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Naja peroescobari is a species of snakes in the family Elapidae.[2] It was previously considered as a forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) introduced by the Portuguese to limit proliferations by rats.[3] However, it was recently discovered to be a different species, endemic to the island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe.[4] The holotype was found near the beach Praia Inhame, southwest of Porto Alegre.[5] It was named by Ceríaco et al. after the Portuguese explorer Pêro Escobar.[4] Naja peroescobari is one of the few predators on the island that faces terrestrial mammals such as the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the weasel (Mustela nivalis).[4]
References[]
- ^ Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2021. Naja peroescobari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T133837440A133837443. Downloaded on 05 September 2021.
- ^ "ATS, "Le cobra noir de l'île de Sao Tomé n'a pas été importé par l'homme"" [Black Cobra of São Tomé Island Has Never Been Introduced by Humans] (in French). ArcINfo. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
- ^ Sean Mowbray, ‘Invasive’ snake is really a new species and should be protected, New Scientist, September 27, 2017
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ceríaco, L.M.P; Marques, M.P.; Schmitz, A. & Bauer, A.M. (2017). "The "Cobra-preta" of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae)". Zootaxa. 4324: 121–141. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.7. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Naja peroescobari, The Reptile Database
Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Naja
- Reptiles described in 2017
- Endemic vertebrates of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Endemic fauna of São Tomé Island
- Elapidae stubs