The wonderful agility of snakes, their power of swallowing large objects, and the means many possess for killing their prey swiftly and surely, have also helped to bring about their evolutionary success. The family has been in existence for some 60 million years and certainly almost all the most ancient snakes are known. Of all the poisonous snakes, cobras are probably the nastiest and play a sinister role in many jungle tales. When annoyed they are famous for their habit of flattening their necks into a hood by raising their long neck ribs. Distributions All over Myanmar.
Males are larger.
The snake is brown or dark in colour. The snake is common all over Myanmar. It is normally found in the open in the evenings and early mornings. In old thatched roofed houses, it has been seen under the roof where it goes in search of its prey. In very old buildings it has been noticed to remain in crevices presumably in dark cool places, where rats are also available.