Siamese cobra
Naja siamensis Laurenti, 1768
Status not recordedsnakes
The siamese cobra (Naja siamensis) is a species in the family Elapidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2.35 kg and live up to 13.5 years.
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Quick facts about the siamese cobra
- Weight
- 2.35 kg
- Length
- up to 1.6 m
- Lifespan
- 13.5 years
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 32.3 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Egg incubation
- 56 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 17
- Reproduction
- Eggs
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the siamese cobra live?
Not recorded
Is the siamese 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 siamese cobra classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyElapidae
- genusNaja
- SpeciesNaja siamensis Laurenti, 1768
Synonyms Naja isanensis, Naja naja isanensis, Naja naja kaouthia, Naja sputatrix isanensis, Naja tripudians
Other names and names in other languages (24)
- Black and white spitting cobraEnglish
- Indo-Chinese spitting cobraEnglish
- Indochinese spitting cobraEnglish
- الناشر السيامي البصَّاقArabic
- kobra siamskáCzech
- SiamkobraGerman
- Cobra del Sudeste asiáticoSpanish
- SylkeväindokiinankobraFinnish
- Cobra cracheur d'IndochineFrench
- sziámi kobraHungarian
- Cobra sputatore indocineseItalian
- ពស់ វែកដំបូកKhmer
- kobra syjamskaPolish
- Сиамская КобраRussian
- siamska pljuvajoča kobraSlovenian
- งูเห่าพ่นพิษสยามThai
- Ran Ho Mang XienVietnamese
- 泰國眼鏡蛇Chinese
- Indochinesische SpeikobraGerman
- Indonesische SpeikobraGerman
- Schwarzweiße KobraGerman
- Siamesische SpeikobraGerman
- Cobra sputatore indo-cineseItalian
- Ran Ho Mang Thai LanVietnamese
Relatives of the siamese 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
CompareSiamese cobra vs Indian cobraSiamese cobra vs Egyptian cobraSiamese cobra vs Forest cobraSiamese cobra vs Black-necked spitting cobra
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the siamese cobra?
An adult siamese cobra weighs 2.35 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the siamese cobra live?
The siamese cobra has a recorded lifespan of 13.5 years.
What kind of animal is the siamese cobra?
The siamese cobra (Naja siamensis) belongs to the family Elapidae in the order Squamata.
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