Aspidelaps
Sign in to saveAspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Species in the genus Aspidelaps are commonly called shield-nosed cobras, African coral snakes 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 the true cobras of the genus Naja.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyElapidae
盾鼻蛇屬（學名：Aspidelaps）是蛇亞目眼鏡蛇科下的一個有毒蛇屬，主要包括分布於非洲的一種眼鏡蛇。有著一般眼鏡蛇的特色頸摺（其頸摺部位未如印度眼鏡蛇般完善）及碩大的鼻吻部位。 品種 品種 學名及命名者 亞種數 異稱 地理分布 珊瑚眼鏡蛇 Aspidelaps lubricus，Laurenti，1768 2 開普珊瑚蛇 南非（開普省）、安哥拉南部、納米比亞 盾鼻蛇 Aspidelaps scutatus，A. Smith，1849 3 盾鼻眼鏡蛇 納米比亞、莫桑比克、南非東北部、博茨瓦納、津巴布韋 外部連結 （英文）TIGR爬蟲類資料庫：盾鼻蛇屬 Aspidelaps. Integrated Taxonomic Information System （英语）. 这是一篇與蛇類相關的小作品。你可以通过编辑或修订扩充其内容。 查 论 编 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=盾鼻蛇屬&oldid=52389992” 分类：眼镜蛇科 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据相同 CS1英语来源 (en) 全部小作品 蛇類小作品
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Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Species in the genus Aspidelaps are commonly called shield-nosed cobras, African coral snakes 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 the true cobras of the genus Naja.
==Species== {| class="wikitable" !Image !Species !Subsp.* !Common name ! style="width: 100pt;" | Distribution |- |170x170px |A. lubricus (Laurenti, 1768) |align="center"|2 |Cape coral snake |South Africa (Cape Province), southern Angola, Namibia |- |170x170px |A. scutatus (A. Smith, 1849) |align="center"|3 |shield-nosed cobra |Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, north-east South Africa, Mozambique |}