Pseudohaje

Pseudohaje
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Pseudohaje Günther, 1858
Species
See text.

Pseudohaje is a genus of venomous African elapid snakes, commonly called tree cobras or forest cobras because of their arboreal lifestyle.^[1][2] Their ability to produce a hood is limited to a slight flattening of the neck.

Characteristics

Tree cobras have proportionally larger eyes compared to Naja species, 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

Two species are recognized as valid.^[3]

• Pseudohaje goldii (Boulenger, 1895) – Goldie's tree cobra
• Pseudohaje nigra Günther, 1858 – black tree cobra

See also

• Pseudonaja

References

1. Pseudohaje. "ADW: Pseudohaje: CLASSIFICATION".
2. Bogert, Charles M. (1942). "Pseudohaje Günther, a valid genus for two West African arboreal Cobras" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1174): 1–9. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
3. "Pseudohaje ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Günther A. 1858. Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Pseudohaje, new genus, p. 222).

External links

Data related to Pseudohaje at Wikispecies

• Genus: Pseudohaje at GBIF Portal