First Records of the Spitting Behavior of Monocled Cobra (Naja kaouthia) from Nepal

Rohit Giri, Rishi Baral, Roshan Giri, Karan Bahadur Shah, Frank Tillack

Abstract


The spitting of the Monocled cobra is less documented and so far known from populations in West Bengal, India only. We report on the first evidence of spitting by Naja kaouthia from Nepal.

Keywords


venom spitting; Naja kaouthia; Nepal

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-2-122-124

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