Reptilia - Squamata - Elapidae
Full reference: F. Bachmayer and Z. Szyndlar. 1985. Ophidians (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Kohfidisch fissures of Burgenland, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A: Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, Anthropologie Praehistorie 87:79-100
Belongs to Naja according to F Bachmayer and Z Szyndlar 1987
See also Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985 and Szyndlar and Rage 1990
Sister taxa: Naja antiqua, Naja iberica, Naja naja, Naja romani, Palaeonaja romani, Palaeonaja depereti, Palaeonaja crassa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Naja austriaca in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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