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Asian Cobras

2 . 2 Chinese Cobra  (Formosa Island Cobra) Naja atra
.10...10. Monocled Cobra  (Normal, Albino, Blizzard, Poss Dbl het, Formosa, Leucistic, Suphan, & Sunset - Normal, Banded, Lavender, Super) Naja kaouthia
. 0 . 0 Burmese Spitting Cobra Naja mandalayensis
4 . 5 Indian Spectacled Cobra  (Sri Lankan Cobra, Black Pakistan Cobra) Naja naja
3 . 3 Central Asian Cobra  (Russian Cobra, Oxus Cobra) Naja oxiana
. 0 . 0 Northern Philippine Cobra Naja philippinensis
. 0 . 0 Andaman Cobra Naja sagittifera
3 . 3 Southeastern Philippine Cobra  (Samar Cobra) Naja samarensis
3 . 4 Indochinese Spitting Cobra  (Black & White Spitting Cobra, Isan Spitting Cobra) Naja siamensis
3 . 2 Southern Indonesian Spitting Cobra  (Javan Spitting Cobra) Naja sputatrix
6 . 6 Equatorial Spitting Cobra  (Yellow Phase)   (Sumatran, Black, Malayan, Golden Spitting Cobra) Naja sumatrana
King Cobras
2 . 0 King Cobra  (Malaysian Locale) Ophiophagus.hannah

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Quick List of Scale Counts of Asian Cobras and King Cobras

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......Asian.Species......

...............Hood............... ...........Mid-body........... ....Before.Vent.... ............Ventral............ ...........Subcaudal........... ............Paired./.Entire...........
Naja atra 23 - 29   Usually 25 - 27 19 - 21 ? 15 ? 161 - 180 37 - 51  
Naja kaouthia 27 - 33 19 - 23   Usually 21 13 or 15 170 - 192 M    178 - 197 F 48 - 61 M   46 - 59 F Normally all divided
Naja mandalayensis 27 - 31 M   27 F 19 - 22   Usually 21 15 - 17 173 - 185 M   182 - 185 F 56 - 58 M   50 - 56 F Paired
Naja naja                     NW Specimens               29 - 37               23 - 27                23 - 25                19 - 21           15 - 18                       171 - 197                             50-67                                  Paired                 
Naja oxiana 23 - 27   Usually 25 19 - 23   Usually 21 15 - 18 191 - 210 57 - 71 Paired
Naja philippinensis 23 - 27   Usually 25 21   Rarely 23   182 - 193 36 - 49 Basals sometimes undivided
Naja sagittifera 27 - 29 21 - 23 15 - 17 175 - 183 60 - 64 Divided
Naja samarensis 17 - 25 17 - 19   161 - 184 41 - 52 Basals sometimes undivided
Naja siamensis 25 - 31 M   26 - 29 F 19 - 21 13 - 15 153 - 174 M   162 - 173 F 47 - 54 M   41 - 51 F Basals sometimes undivided
Naja sputatrix 19 - 28 18 - 21 ? 15 ? 162 - 183 42 - 54 Normally all divided
Naja sumatrana 19 - 27   Usually 21/25 15 - 19 13 - 14 179 - 201 40 - 57 Basals often undivided
O. hannah  (Burma) 17 - 19 15 . 240 - 254 84 - 104 Undivided
O. hannah  (China) . . . . . .
O. hannah  (India) 17 - 19 15 . . . .
O. hannah  (Indonesia) . . . 254 - 264 89 - 125 .
O. hannah  (Malaysia) 21 14  - 15 15 263 M . .
O. hannah  (Thai) . . 15 240 - 266 84 - 106 1-5 or 7 single

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