拉丁学名：Naja melanoleuca
英文名：Forest Cobra
中文正名：森林眼镜蛇
分布：非洲大陆中部和西部
眼镜蛇属中体型最大的品种，最大体型可达到3.1m。
基于线粒体DNA的研究表明，森林眼镜蛇实际上是由以下5个单独的物种组成的，而不是单一的Naja melanoleuca
1.Naja guineensis Broadley et al. in Wüster et al. 2018 - Upper Guinea forests of West Africa: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo.
2.Naja melanoleuca Hallowell 1857 - central African forests: Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Angola.
3.Naja peroescobari Ceríaco et al. 2017 - São Tomé.
4.Naja savannula Broadley et al. in Wüster et al. 2018 - Savanna regions of West Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon.
5.Naja subfulva Laurent, 1955 - forests and savanna woodlands in eastern, southern and central Africa: Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola
森林眼镜蛇与眼镜王蛇的对比
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