ASIATIC COBRA (Spectacled Va¬ 
riety) (Naja naja ) (Indian 
Form). Also called Indian 
Cobra. Length: 6 feet. Range: 
Southern India and Ceylon. 
(SIZ) c. V. M. Sutcliffe. 
ASIATIC COBRA 
(Monocellate Vari¬ 
ety) (Naja naja) 
(Eastern Form). 
Range : Extreme 
southeastern Asia. 
There are various color types of spitting cobra. One is blue-black with 
scarlet patches on the hood. Another is olive with yellow spots, while still 
another is salmon pink. In captivity the snakes become docile and soon 
learn not to spit at the glass cage fronts. They can survive many years of 
captivity. 
The ringhals cobra, like most snakes with Dutch names, is a South 
African variety. It is the smallest of cobras, reaching a length of only four 
feet. Like the black-necked cobra, it uses the water-pistol technique in attack¬ 
ing, but owing to its smaller size cannot spit as far. The name was given it by 
the Boers, because its neck is ringed by one or two white collars. It differs 
from most cobras by bringing forth living young, from twenty to sixty in 
a litter. 
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