@article{fdi:010048306,
  title = {{P}hylogeography and systematic revision of the {E}gyptian cobra ({S}erpentes : {E}lapidae : {N}aja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {C}hirio, {L}. and {B}roadley, {D}. {G}. and {W}uster, {W}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e use a combination of phylogenetic analysis of mt{DNA} sequences and multivariate morphometrics to investigate the phylogeography and systematics of the {E}gyptian cobra ({N}aja haje) species complex. {P}hylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial haplotypes reveals a highly distinct clade of haplotypes from the {S}udano-{S}ahelian savanna belt of {W}est {A}frica, and that the haplotypes of {N}aja haje arabica form the sister group of {N}orth and {E}ast {A}frican {N}. h. haje. {M}ultivariate morphometrics confirm the distinctness of the {A}rabian populations, which are consequently recognised as a full species, {N}aja arabica {S}cortecci. {T}he {S}udano-{S}ahelian populations are also found to represent a morphologically distinct taxon, and thus a separate species, which we describe as {N}aja senegalensis sp. nov. {T}he new species differs from all other members of the {N}. haje complex by a combination of colour pattern and scalation characteristics (especially higher numbers of scale rows around the neck), and the possession of a unique clade of mt{DNA} haplotypes. {T}he distribution of the new species includes savanna areas of {W}est {A}frica, from {S}enegal to western {N}iger and {N}igeria.},
  keywords = {mitochondrial mt{DNA} ; {N}aja senegalensis sp nov. ; {N}aja haje ; {N}aja ; anchietae ; {N}aja annulifera ; {N}aja arabica ; phylogeny ; snakes ; {W}est {A}frica},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{Z}ootaxa},
  numero = {2236},
  pages = {1--25},
  ISSN = {1175-5326},
  year = {2009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048306},
}