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Naja (cobras)

Synonyms: Afronaja; Boulengerina; Naia; Paranaja

Wikipedia Abstract

Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes known as cobras. Several other genera include species commonly called cobras (for example the rinkhals, or ring-necked spitting cobra Hemachatus haemachatus), but of all the snakes known by that name, members of the genus Naja are the most widespread and the most widely recognized as cobras. Various species occur in regions throughout Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
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Species

Naja anchietae (Anchieta's Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja annulata (Ringed Water Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja annulifera (Snouted Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja antiqua
Naja arabica (Arabian cobra) (Attributes)
Naja ashei (Ashe’s spitting cobra) (Attributes)
Naja atra (Chinese Cobra) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Naja austriaca
Naja christyi (Christy's Water Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja guineensis
Naja haje (Egyptian Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja iberica
Naja kaouthia (Monocled Cobra, Monocellate Cibra) (Attributes)
Naja katiensis (Mali Cobra, Katian Spitting Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja mandalayensis (Mandalay spitting cobra) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Naja melanoleuca (Black and White Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja mossambica (Mozambique Spitting Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja multifasciata (Many-banded Snake) (Attributes)
Naja naja (Indian Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja nana
Naja nigricincta (Western Barred Spitting Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja nigricollis (nigricollis) (Attributes)
Naja nivea (Cape Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja nubiae (Nubian Spitting Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja oxiana (Central Asian Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja pallida (African Cobra, Red Spitting Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja peroescobari (São Tomé Cobra) (Endangered)
Naja philippinensis (Philippine Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja romani
Naja sagittifera (Andaman cobra) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Naja samarensis (Peters' Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja savannula
Naja senegalensis (Senegalese cobra)
Naja siamensis (Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Naja sputatrix (Indonesian Cobra) (Attributes)
Naja subfulva
Naja sumatrana (Equatorial Spitting cobra, Golden Spitting Cobra) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0