Mandalay cobra
Naja mandalayensis Slowinski & Wüster, 2000
Status not recordedsnakes
The mandalay cobra (Naja mandalayensis) is a species in the family Elapidae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the mandalay cobra
- Weight
- up to 160.2 g
- Length
- up to 1.02 m
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggs
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the mandalay cobra live?
Not recorded
Is the mandalay cobra endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the mandalay cobra classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyElapidae
- genusNaja
- SpeciesNaja mandalayensis Slowinski & Wüster, 2000
Other names and names in other languages (9)
- Burmese spitting cobraEnglish
- الناشر البورمي البصَّاقArabic
- kobra mandalajskáCzech
- Mandalay-KobraGerman
- Cobra sputatore birmanoItalian
- kobra birmańskaPolish
- Мандалайская кобраRussian
- 緬甸眼鏡蛇Chinese
- Cobra sputatore della BirmaniaItalian
Relatives of the mandalay cobra
Other species in the same genus Naja.

Indian cobra
Naja naja

Egyptian cobra
Naja haje

Forest cobra
Naja melanoleuca

Black-necked spitting cobra
Naja nigricollis

Cape cobra
Naja nivea
Oxus cobra
Naja oxiana
CompareMandalay cobra vs Indian cobraMandalay cobra vs Egyptian cobraMandalay cobra vs Forest cobraMandalay cobra vs Black-necked spitting cobra
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the mandalay cobra?
The mandalay cobra (Naja mandalayensis) belongs to the family Elapidae in the order Squamata.
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