Oxyuranus scutulatus

...The black-necked cobra N. nigricollis and the ringhals Hemachatus haemachatus (English name ringhals) from tropical Africa are called spitting cobras because they can spit venom precisely at the enemy's eyes with a special fang mechanism, and are effective even from a distance of several meters. Most of the Australian cobras are beautiful and small, but they also include large ones with a total length of 3 to 4 meters, such as the taipan Oxyuranus scutulatus (English name taipan), which is considered the most aggressive venomous snake. A unique creature is the death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (English name death adder), which is a cobra but looks very similar to a pit viper in both form and ecology, and as its name ``death snake'' suggests, has an extremely high mortality rate. ...

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…熱帯アフリカ産のクロクビコブラN.nigricollisとリンガルスHemachatus haemachatus(英名ringhals)は，特別な毒牙（どくが）のしくみにより敵の目に的確に毒を吐きかけることができるドクハキコブラ(英名spitting cobra)と呼ばれ，数mの距離を隔てても威力を発揮する。オーストラリア産コブラ類は多くは美しい小型の一群であるが，全長3～4mの大型で，もっとも攻撃的な毒ヘビとされるタイパンOxyuranus scutulatus(英名taipan)なども含まれる。ユニークな存在は，コブラでありながら形態，生態ともにマムシ類とそっくりのデスアダーAcanthophis antarcticus(英名death adder)で，“死の毒ヘビ”という名が示すとおり致命率はきわめて高い。…

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