Pseudohaje | |
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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.
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]
Two species are recognized as valid. [3]
Data related to Pseudohaje at Wikispecies
Pseudohaje | |
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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.
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]
Two species are recognized as valid. [3]
Data related to Pseudohaje at Wikispecies