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'''Central Asian Cobra''' ''Naja oxiana'' is a species of snake.
'''Central Asian Cobra''' ''Naja oxiana'' is a species of poisonous [[snake]] found in [[Central Asia]].
Distribution:
==Distribution==
Afghanistan, NE Iran, NW India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, NE Iran, NW India, Pakistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, SW Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, SW Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Type locality: Transcaspia
Type locality: Transcaspia

==External links==
* [http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/ EMBL reptile database]


==References==
==References==
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* 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, 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
* Wüster, Wolfgang 1998 The cobras of the genus Naja in India Hamadryad 23 (1): 15-32
==External links==
* {{NRDB species|genus=Naja|species=oxiana}}


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Central Asian Cobra
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N. oxiana
Binomial name
Naja oxiana
(Eichwald, 1831)

Central Asian Cobra Naja oxiana is a species of poisonous snake found in Central Asia.

Distribution

Afghanistan, NE Iran, NW India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, SW Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Type locality: Transcaspia

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