Javan Spitting Cobra

Well-known Southeast Asian spitting cobra.

GenusNaja

RegionAsiaSoutheast Asia

Photo: Joaquim Baeta · Source: Wikimedia Commons · License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Joaquim Baeta · Source: Wikimedia Commons · License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Javan Spitting Cobra

Danger Score

Final Danger Score

Venom Core

Lethality weighted 55% (potency × yield). Clinical weighted 45% (real-world CFR).

0.55 × 57 + 0.45 × 5957.9

Modifiers

Multiplicative scalers - amplify or reduce existing danger, can't create it from nothing.

× Speed (1.01)58.5

× Delivery (1.00)58.5

× Encounter (0.89)52.0

Speed = antivenom window. Delivery = fang efficiency. Encounter = exposure × temperament.

Score52

Type

NeurotoxicAffects the nervous system; disrupts nerve-muscle communication and can cause paralysis or respiratory failure.

Venom Yield

High

Venom Speed

Quick

Delivery Method

Fixed front fangs

Potency (SC Equivalent)

2.700mg/kg LD50

Max Dry Yield

175mg dry

Fatality (Untreated)

10-20%

WHO Importance

Cat. 1

Local Effects

Pain at bite site

Neurological

Paralysis

Gastrointestinal

Nausea or vomiting

Causes of Death

Respiratory failure