Naja peroescobari

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Naja peroescobari
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Naja
Species:
N. peroescobari
Binomial name
Naja peroescobari
Ceríaco, Marques, Schmitz & Bauer, 2017

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[]

  1. ^ Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2021. Naja peroescobari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T133837440A133837443. Downloaded on 05 September 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Sean Mowbray, ‘Invasive’ snake is really a new species and should be protected, New Scientist, September 27, 2017
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Naja peroescobari, The Reptile Database


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