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The monocled cobra (''Naja kaouthia''), also called monocellate cobra, is a cobra species, which is widespread across South and South East Asia and listed as Least Concern by IUCN. == Taxonomic history == In 1831, René Lesson first described the monocled cobra as a beautiful snake that is well distinct from the spectacled cobra, with 188 ventral scales and 53 pairs of caudal scales.〔Lesson, R.-P. (1831). Catalogue des Reptiles qui font partie d’une Collection zoologique recueillie dans l’Inde continental ou en Afrique, et apportée en France par M. Lamare-Piqout. Catalogue dressé (juillet 1831). (25. Le Naja Kaouthia, ''Naja kaouthia'', Less. ). Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie, Tome XXV: 122.〕 Since then, several monocled cobras were described under different scientific names: *In 1834, John Edward Gray published Thomas Hardwicke’s first illustration of a monocled cobra under the trinomial ''Naja tripudians'' var. ''fasciata''.〔Gray, J. E. (ed.) (1834). (''Cobra Capella'' ). Illustrations of Indian zoology chiefly selected from the collection of Maj.-Gen. Hardwicke. Vol. II: Plate 78.〕 *In 1839, Thomas Cantor described a brownish monocled cobra with numerous faint yellow transverse stripes and a hood marked with a white ring under the binomial ''Naja larvata'', found in Bombay, Calcutta and Assam.〔Cantor, T. (1839) (''Naja larvata'' ). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. VII: 32–33.〕 Several varieties of monocled cobras were described under the binomial ''Naja tripudians'' between 1895 and 1913. *''Naja tripudians'' var. ''scopinucha'' 1895 *''Naja tripudians'' var. ''unicolor'' 1876 *''Naja tripudians'' var. ''viridis'' 1913 *''Naja tripudians'' var. ''sagittifera'' 1913 In 1940, Malcolm Arthur Smith classified the monocled cobra as a subspecies of the spectacled cobra under the trinomial ''Naja naja kaouthia''.〔Smith, M. A. (1940). ''Naja naja kaouthia.'' Records of the Indian Museum. Volume XLII: 485.〕 * ''Naja kaouthia kaouthia'' – Deraniyagala, 1960 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monocled cobra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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