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Indian cobra (Naja naja)
| Subject: | Indian cobra (Naja naja)
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Date: 2005:04:25 04:51:49
Camera: DC-M42 (Gateway )
F number: f/4.4
Exposure: 1/59 sec
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Indian Cobra, Naja naja outside a home. Photograph taken in BR Hills, Yelandur, Karnataka in South India.
Date 25 April 2005
Author Prashanthns https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Prashanthns
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cobra_home.JPG
The Indian cobra (Naja naja) also known as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra or binocellate cobra is a species of the genus Naja found in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal) and a member of the "big four" species that inflict the most snakebites on humans in India. This snake is revered in Indian mythology and culture, and is often seen with snake charmers.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja naja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Coluber naja Linnaeus, 1758
Naja brasiliensis Laurenti, 1768
Naja fasciata Laurenti, 1768
Naja lutescens Laurenti, 1768
Naja maculata Laurenti, 1768
Naja non-najaLaurenti, 1768
Coluber caecus GMELIN, 1788
Coluber rufus GMELIN, 1788
Coluber Naja Shaw & Nodder, 1791
Coluber Naja Shaw & Nodder, 1794
Naja tripudians Merrem, 1820
Naja nigra Gray, 1830
Naja tripudians forma typica Boulenger, 1896
Naja tripudians var. caeca Boulenger, 1896
Naja naja naja Smith, 1943
Naja naja gangetica Deraniyagala, 1945
Naja naja lutescens Deraniyagala, 1945
Naja naja madrasiensis Deraniyagala, 1945
Naja naja indusi Deraniyagala, 1960
Naja naja bombaya Deraniyagala, 1961
Naja naja karachiensis Deraniyagala, 1961
Naja naja ceylonicus Chatman & Di Mari, 1974
Naja naja polyocellata Mehrtens, 1987
Naja ceylonicus Osorio E Castro & Vernon, 1989
Naja (Naja) naja — Wallach, 2009
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Scientific Name: Naja naja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names: Indian Cobra, Spectacled Cobra, Asian Cobra, Binocellate Cobra
Synonyms: Naja tripudians, Naja nigra, Naja maculata, Coluber Naja |
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