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| | eMedicine - Snake Envenomations, Cobra : Article Excerpt by: Robert Norris, MD |
 | | Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: Naja, Naja philippinensis, Philippine cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, king cobra, Hemachatus haemachatus, ringhals, Walterinnesia aegyptia, desert fl snake, Boulengerina, water cobra, Pseudohaje, tree cobra, snakebite, cobra envenomations |
 | | The ringhals and certain African species of Naja are the most effective spitters, but the spitting behavior also is observed among some Asian Naja species. |
 | | Necrosis is typical of bites by the African spitting cobras (Naja nigricollis, Naja mossambica, Naja pallida, and Naja katiensis), Naja atra (the Chinese cobra), Naja kaouthia (monocellate cobra), and Naja sumatrana (Sumatran spitting cobra). |
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