Naja oxiana
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| Naja oxiana (Eichwald, 1831) |
Central Asian Cobra Naja oxiana is a species of venomous snake found in Central Asia.
[edit] Distribution
Afghanistan, NE Iran, NW India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, SW Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Type locality: Transcaspia
[edit] References
- Wüster, Wolfgang 1993 A century of confusion: Asiatic cobras revisited Vivarium 4 (4): 14-18
- Eichwald, E. 1831 Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. Zawadski, Vilnae.
- Wüster,W.; Thorpe,R.S. 1991 Asiatic cobras: Systematics and snakebite. Experientia 47: 205-209
- Wüster, W.;Thorpe, R.S. 1992 Asiatic cobras: population systematics of the Naja naja species complex (Serpentes: Elapidae) in India and Central Asia. Herpetologica 48: 69-85.
- Wüster, Wolfgang 1998 The cobras of the genus Naja in India Hamadryad 23 (1): 15-32
[edit] External links
- Naja oxiana at the TIGR Reptile Database
