Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Aspidelaps Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Aspidelaps Shield-nosed Cobras, Shield Cobras, African Coral Snakes Schildnasenkobras, Schildkobras, Scheinkobras Koralkobraer 1843 Aspidelaps Fitzinger (type species: Natrix lubrica Laurenti 1768) 1849 Cyrtophis Sundevall in Smith (type species: Cyrtophis scutatus Smith 1849) Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: S. Africa. Reported from: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Northern Cape, Western Cape), Zimbabwe. Aspidelaps lubricus African Coral Snake, South African Coral Snake, Coral Shield Cobra, Coral Cobra Westliche Schildnasenkobra, Kapschildnasenkobra, Südafrikanische Korallenschlange Vestlig Koralkobra 1768 Natrix lubrica Laurenti Elaps lubricus Merrem 1820 Naja lubrica Schlegel 1837 Aspidelaps lubricus Smith 1849 1803 Coluber latonia Daudin (Golay & al. 1993) 1826 Naja somersetta Smith (Golay & al. 1993) 1940 Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi Bogert 1954 Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus Mertens (Broadley & Baldwin 2005) Other common names: cowlesi: Namibian Shield Cobra, Angolan Coral Snake infuscatus: Southwestern Coral Snake, West African Coral Snake lubricus: Coral Shield Cobra, Cape Coral Snake Distribution: Angola, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape). Aspidelaps scutatus Shield-nosed Coral Snake, Common Shield Cobra, Shield-nosed Snake, Shield Snake, (Shield-nosed Cobra) Östliche Schildnasenkobra Østlig Koralkobra 1849 Cyrtophis scutatus Smith Aspidelaps scutatus Jan 1863 1849 Naia fula-fula Bianconi Aspidelaps scutatus fulafulus Broadley 1968 1954 Aspidelaps scutatus bachrani Mertens (Golay & al. 1993) 1968 Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius Broadley Other common names: fulafulus: Eastern Shield Cobra, Mozambique Shield-nosed Snake, Eastern Shield-nosed Snake intermedius: Lowveld Shield Cobra, Transvaal Shield-nosed Snake, Intermediate Shield-nosed Snake scutatus: Kalahari Shield Cobra, South African Shield-nosed Snake Distribution: Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Northern Cape), Zimbabwe.