Naja kaouthia (Lesson, 1831)

Mulcahy, Daniel G., Lee, Justin L., Miller, Aryeh H., Chand, Mia, Thura, Myint Kyaw & Zug, George R., 2018, Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data, ZooKeys 757, pp. 85-152 : 85

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.757.24453

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:559E4F4F-7C35-4380-89D5-BA42A5D38004

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FFF422C9-9B86-796D-562A-8237514C1194

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scientific name

Naja kaouthia (Lesson, 1831)
status

 

Naja kaouthia (Lesson, 1831) View in CoL Monocled Cobra (Fig. 5H)

Description.

Juvenile, not sexed or measured; field identification.

Natural history notes.

Found in human-disturbed habitats. Field observation at Forest 3 site by Myint Kyaw Thura; photographed for confirmation of identification and then released.

General Distribution.

Widespread, Nepal and northern peninsular India to Southeast Asia and southern China.

Molecular Data.

No molecular data available.

Specimens examined.

USNM Herp Image 2895

Red List status.

LC; CITES II.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Naja