Elapidae Naja is the scientific name for which snake?
Naja ashei cobra is most closely related to the Mozambique spitting cobra ("N. mossambica"), which with this species forms a sister taxon to "N. nigricollis". Naja ashei Naja ashei, commonly known as Ashe's spitting cobra or the giant spitting cobra, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Africa. It is the world's largest species of spitting cobra. The specific name, "ashei", is in honor of British-born Kenyan herpetologist James Ashe (1925–2004). "N. ashei", the largest spitting cobra, averages around in total length (including tail). The largest specimen of this species to date, caught in
Naja "Paranaja" with "Naja". According to that revision, the genus "Naja" now includes 38 species. The origin of this genus name is from the Sanskrit "nāga" (with a hard "g") meaning "snake". Some hold that the Sanskrit word is cognate with English "snake", Germanic: "*snēk-a-", Proto-IE: "*(s)nēg-o-", but this is unlikely. Mayrhofer calls this etymology ""unglaubhaft" ", "not credible", and suggests a more plausible etymology connecting it with Sanskrit "nanga," "hairless, naked". "Naja" species vary in length and most are relatively slender-bodied snakes. Most species are capable of attaining lengths of . Maximum lengths for some of the larger species of