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Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, SW Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
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Type locality: Transcaspia |
Type locality: Transcaspia |
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==Behavior== |
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This species is mainly terrestrial & diurnal. It feeds on small mammals, amphibians & birds during evening and early morning. |
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==Habitat== |
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It can be found in rocky, stony, foothills, sometimes found above 3,000m (10,000ft)elevation. This is also the Westernmost species of "Asian Cobra". |
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==Venom== |
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Mainly neurotoxic[[neurotoxic|Neurotoxicity]]. Bite of this species may cause severe pain and swelling. Weakness, drowsiness and paralysis of throat may appear in less than 1 hour after the bite. Death can result due to respiratory failure. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Species: | N. oxiana
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| Naja oxiana (Eichwald, 1831)
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Central Asian Cobra Naja oxiana is a species of venomous snake found in Central Asia.
Distribution
Afghanistan, NE Iran, NW India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, SW Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Type locality: Transcaspia
Behavior
This species is mainly terrestrial & diurnal. It feeds on small mammals, amphibians & birds during evening and early morning.
Habitat
It can be found in rocky, stony, foothills, sometimes found above 3,000m (10,000ft)elevation. This is also the Westernmost species of "Asian Cobra".
Venom
Mainly neurotoxicNeurotoxicity. Bite of this species may cause severe pain and swelling. Weakness, drowsiness and paralysis of throat may appear in less than 1 hour after the bite. Death can result due to respiratory failure.
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
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