It is slightly more toxic than the equatorial spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) and three times less toxic than that of the taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus).

Equatorial spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) also called the Golden spitting cobra or Sumatran spitting cobra, is a species of spitting cobra found in Southeast Asia.

The subspecies N. n. woodi, commonly known as the black spitting cobra, is solid black and is found only in the desert areas of southern Africa.

Though you are extremely unlikely to encounter them, there are some creatures whose attention is unwelcome, including the Malayan coral snake and the black spitting cobra, though these generally slither away long before you might spot them.

It previously included two subspecies that have been moved to the species Naja nigricincta - the zebra spitting cobra (Naja nigricincta nigricincta) and the black spitting cobra (Naja nigricincta woodi).

Equatorial spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) also called the Golden spitting cobra or Sumatran spitting cobra, is a species of spitting cobra found in Southeast Asia.

It is slightly more toxic than the equatorial spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) and three times less toxic than that of the taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus).

Equatorial spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) also called the Golden spitting cobra or Sumatran spitting cobra, is a species of spitting cobra found in Southeast Asia.