| 词条 | Aspidelaps | ||||||||||||||||
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| image = Shieldnosecobra.jpg | image_caption = Aspidelaps scutatus, shield-nosed cobra | taxon = Aspidelaps | authority = Fitzinger, 1843 | range_map = Aspidelaps_range.png | range_map_caption = blue - A. lubricus green - A. scutatus }} Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Species in the genus Aspidelaps are commonly called shield-nosed cobras or coral cobras after their cobra hoods and enlarged rostral (nose) scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in Aspidelaps as it is in Naja. Species
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aspidelaps. VenomAspidelaps venom is neurotoxic, and Aspidelaps bites have caused human deaths in a few cases.[1]References1. ^Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp., 112 color plates. (Genus Aspidelaps, p. 103). External links
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4 : Elapidae|Snakes of Africa|Snake genera|Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger |
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