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Aspidelaps scutatus fulafulus  (Bianconi, 1849)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1057962

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Aspidelaps scutatus fulafula (Bianconi, 1849)
  
    Naja fulafula Bianconi, 1849
  
  Common Name(s): Eastern Shield Cobra [English]
  
    Eastern Shield-nose Snake [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyElapidae F. Boie, 1827 – Cobras, Coral Snakes, Elapids, Kraits, Coralsnakes  
                                     SubfamilyElapinae F. Boie, 1827  
                                        GenusAspidelaps Fitzinger, 1843  
                                           SpeciesAspidelaps scutatus (A. Smith, 1849) – Shield-nose Snake  
                                              SubspeciesAspidelaps scutatus fulafulus (Bianconi, 1849) – Eastern Shield Cobra, Eastern Shield-nose Snake  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Aspidelaps scutatus fulafulus, Eastern Shield Cobra [English], Eastern Shield-nose Snake [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Broadley, Donald G., and Andrew S. Baldwin  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomy, Natural History, and Zoogeography of the Southern African Shield Cobras, Genus Aspidelaps (Serpentes: Elapidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Natural History, vol. 9, no. 2   
  Page(s): 163-176   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1069-1928   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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