Author: Boycott, Richard C. & Haacke, W.D.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 13. Part 2. Note on the Type-Locality, Distribution and Juvenile Coloration of Naja Nigricollis Woodi (Serpentes: Elapidae) and an Account of the Colour-Pattern Variation in Intergrade Populations.
Description: Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 13. Part 2. 8th May 1979. Stapled wraps, p.31-p.38. illustrated colour plates, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. The western black spitting cobra Naja Nigricollis Woodi occurs in southern Namibia from the vicinity of the Namib Desert Park east of Walvis Bay. southwards through Great & Little Namaqualand to Porterville and east to Prieska on the southern bank of the Orange River. The colouration differs markedly from that of fully grown specimens and this is described here along with an assessment of past distribution records. The change in colour pattern from typical woodi to nigricincta within this region is also discussed.

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape cape provincial museum hertpetology south southern africa african snakes herpetology namibia south west africa


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