07-22-2002, 11:44 PM
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It is a tough call. Do we go by other aisian species or other spitter species?
Naja nigricollis is LD50 0.63 IV (Black Neck Spitter)
Naja oxiana is LD50 0.96 IV (Central Asian Cobra)
Naja atra LD5 0.345 IV (Chinese Cobra)
It is hard to tell. There is a great degree of variation in potency in the Asian Elapids. So do we take a guess based on locality or function. Logically the locality should have a lot to do with it. But also the function of the venom (spitters are very specialized creatures) logically has a gret deal to do with it. I don't know. There is a tremendous variation within a genus.If there is no information, this cjould be someones doctoral thesis
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