FIGURE 1. Maximum likelihood mitochondrial phylogeny of the Naja melanoleuca complex. Node support values indicate % bootstrap support; support values for the most distal nodes not shown. Country abbreviations: CAR = Central African Republic, DRC = Democratic Republic of Congo, KZN = KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, RoC = Republic of Congo. Mitochondrial candidate species (CS) are shown in the same colours as in Figures 2–4. For specimen information see Appendix 1.