The black tree cobra ( Pseudohaje nigra) is a species of Venomous snake Pseudohaje found in central and western Africa. This species is one of the two tree cobras in Africa, the other being Goldie's tree cobra ( Pseudohaje goldii).
Distribution and habitat
P. nigra is found in
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, and
Togo.
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Description
P. nigra is black dorsally, and brown ventrally. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of .[Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. ( Naia guentheri, p. 388 + Plate XXI, three views of head).]
Further reading
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Günther A. 1858. Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. ( Pseudohaje nigra, new species, p. 222).
