@article {256, title = {Case 3601: Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was published}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {70}, number = {4}, year = {2013}, month = {12}, type = {Case}, chapter = {234}, abstract = {

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.2.3 and 80.2.1 of the Code, is to confirm that the generic name Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 [23 March] for the African spitting cobras is available in the sense of the Code, and also that the work in which this genus was proposed met the Code{\textquoteright}s criteria of publication under Article 8.1. The Commission is asked to rule on these seemingly routine matters because widely promulgated recommendations by some herpetologists to use a junior objective synonym, Afronaja Wallach, W{\"u}ster \& Broadley, 2009 [21 September], instead has resulted in instability in nomenclature.

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Reptilia, ELAPIDAE, spitting cobras, Spracklandus, Afronaja}, author = {Hoser, Raymond} }