Pseudohaje

Pseudohaje is a genus of venomous African elapid snakes, commonly called tree cobras or forest cobras because of their arboreal lifestyle.^[1][2] Their ability to produce a hood is limited to a slight flattening of the neck.

Pseudohaje
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Pseudohaje Günther, 1858
Species
See text.

Characteristics

Tree cobras have proportionally larger eyes compared to Naja species, smaller fangs, and smaller bone structures.^[2] Members were formerly categorized as Naja, but anatomical analysis of midbody scale rows distinguished them as a separate taxon.^[2]

Species

Two species are recognized as valid.^[3]

• Pseudohaje goldii (Boulenger, 1895) – Goldie's tree cobra
• Pseudohaje nigra Günther, 1858 – black tree cobra

See also

• Pseudonaja