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IN paragraph 19 of the review in Nature of October 21, 1944, of "The Fauna of British India", Colonel Wall states: "The generic name of the cobra should be altered to Naga. It was clearly the intention of Linnaeus to attach to it the name by which it is universally known to the natives of India—'nag' (pronounced narg). It is probable that this information was conveyed by letter and that he mistook the 'g' for 'j'. Naja, and still less the Naia of some authors, have no meaning. "
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14 July 1945
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PICRIS, W. Naga, Naja, Naia or Naya?. Nature 155, 457 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155457b0
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