According to the authors, the findings suggest that varespladib could become an invaluable treatment against the tissue-damaging effects of black-necked and red spitting cobra venoms, which cause ...

with species such as Naja nigricollis (Black-necked spitting cobra) being widespread. The king cobra and spitting cobra are identified by their rare capacity to expel venom through their fangs as ...

It will try to spit when it is seriously threatened, but its aim is inaccurate, and this defense mechanism is much less effective than in the case of the black-necked or red spitting cobra.