 The Chinese cobra is sometimes confused with the Monocled cobra ("Naja kaouthia").But it can be easily distinguished by virtue of having lower ventral and subcaudal scale counts, particularly when sex is taken into account.This species is found in southeastern China (including the provinces of Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and the Island province of Hainan), Hong Kong, northern Laos, northern Vietnam, and Taiwan, where it is much more common in the south.