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THE BIODIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

A Digital Reference Collection for Singapore's Biodiversity

Naja sumatranaMüller, 1890

Equatorial Spitting Cobra, Black Spitting Cobra

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Identified By: Ria Tan

Species Interactions (6)

Preys on

Dog-toothed Cat SnakeBoiga cynodon

References

Leong & Mishak, 2010. Nature in Singapore 3: 269-271

Bengal ToadDuttaphrynus bengalensis

References

Miller & Miller, 2004. Flickr photograph

Ong & Leong, 2019. Bird Ecology Study Group blog

Cross, 2020. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2020 Special Issue (4): 1-3

Malaysian Wood RatRattus tiomanicus

References

Will, 2016. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2016: 173

Crab-eating Water SnakeFordonia leucobalia

References

Ng, 2020. Facebook post

Oriental House RatRattus tanezumi

References

Choo, 2021. Nature in Singapore 14: e2021136

Preyed upon by

Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela

References

Kumar, 2021. Facebook post

Basic Information

Classification:

Vertebrata: "Reptilia": Squamata: Elapidae (cobras, coral-& sea-snakes)

Residency Status:

Native

Biology/Ecology

Ecology:

Widespread and common.

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Synonyms

Naja naja

Squamata (Snakes)

Acrochordidae (File-snakes)

Elapidae (Cobras and allies)

Homalopsidae (Mud snakes)

Hydrophiidae (Sea snakes)

Natricidae (Keelbacks)

Pareatidae (Slug snakes)

Pythonidae (Pythons)

Typhlopidae (Blind snakes)

Viperidae (Vipers)

Xenopeltidae (Sunbeam snakes)