Naja mandalayensis

Naja mandalayensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Subgenus Naja
Species: Naja mandalayensis

Name

Naja mandalayensis Slowinski & Wüster, 2000: 260

• Holotype: CAS 207097, adult ♂, collected by W. Wüster on 6 May 1998.
• Type locality: “near Monywa (N 22°13’, E 95°20’), Sagaing Division, Myanmar”.

References

Primary references

• Slowinski, J.B. & Wüster, W. 2000. A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica 56(2): 257–270. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Wogan, G. & Stuart, B. 2012. IUCN: Naja mandalayensis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192227A2058297. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192227A2058297.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Burmese Spitting Cobra