Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Pseudohaje Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Elapidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Similar Snake, Boulengerina, Pseudohaje goldii, Elapidae, Aspidelaps | ||
Pseudohaje is a genus of venomous African elapid snakes, commonly called tree cobras or forest cobras because of their arboreal lifestyle. Their ability to produce a hood is limited to a slight flattening of the neck.
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Characteristics
Tree cobras have proportionally larger eyes compared to Naja species, smaller fangs, and smaller bone structures. Members were formerly categorized as Naja, but anatomical analysis of midbody scale rows distinguished them as a separate taxon.
Species
Two species are recognized as valid.
References
Pseudohaje Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA