I dont recall if the US "Formosa" cobras were confirmed as Naja kaouthia via scale count or DNA but there has been some confirmatin about them. You are right however. Atra, naja and kaouthia share very similar traits which can be hard to distinguish by merely looking at them. DNA is the only real way to confirm.

As for the true formosa, your right, they are N.atra based on WW's conclusions which I take as written in stone. However, I know the ones sold state side are not Atra as I know the people who strated the breeding project with them several years ago. They confirmed that they are nothing more then abbarent (i.e different looking) kaouthia. I think the mix up is that they look similar to N.atra which is why they are called formosa by some.

Id be interested in seeing a pic of a true N.atra from Formosa. I havent been to WW's site in quite some time so I will start my search there. If you have any pics I would lobve to see them.

Thanks for the interesting discussion ^^ This forum is dead as of late ; ;

Best regards,
Jeremy

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