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In a national hospital based survey of snakes responsible for bites in Thailand, 10% of all dead snakes brought by snake-bitten patients were of this species (described as "Naja atra northern spitting cobra"). Neurotoxic signs (ptosis and difficulty in breathing) were observed in 12 of the 114 cases (10.5%).
The forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), also commonly called the black cobra and the black and white-lipped cobra, [4] is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Africa , mostly the central and western parts of the continent. [ 5 ]
The black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis) is a species of spitting cobra found mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. They are moderately sized snakes that can grow to a length of 1.2 to 2.2 m (3.9 to 7.2 ft) in length. Their coloration and markings can vary considerably. They prey primarily on small rodents.
In fact, a spitting cobra ejects more venom during a bite than spitting venom. Even though the spitting cobra has the ability to spray venom at potential threats, spitting is not the way they kill their prey. Just like most snakes in the Elapid clade, spitting cobras inject their venom through a bite in order to kill their prey.
Zebra spitting cobra, Western barred spitting cobra, Zebra Snake, Zebra Cobra. Central and northern Namibia and southern Angola: Grey brown, yellow, or pink with dark bands from head to tail N. n. woodi: Pringle 1955 [6] Black spitting cobra, Woods spitting cobra Southern Namibia, southern Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa [2] Solid matte black ...
Naja ashei Broadley and Wüster, 2007, Ashe's spitting cobra, is a newly described species found in Africa and also a highly aggressive snake; it can spit a large amount of venom. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Naja nigricincta Bogert, 1940, was long regarded as a subspecies of N. nigricollis , but was recently found to be a full species (with N. n. woodi as a ...
In 1839, Theodore Edward Cantor described a brownish monocled cobra with numerous faint yellow transverse stripes and a hood marked with a white ring under the binomial Naja larvata, found in Bombay, Calcutta, and Assam. [4] Several varieties of monocled cobras were described under the binomial Naja tripudians between 1895 and 1913:
The two species of black desert cobras or desert black snakes, Walterinnesia aegyptia and Walterinnesia morgani, neither of which rears upwards and produces a hood when threatened [4]: p.65 The eastern coral snake or American cobra (Micrurus fulvius), which also does not rear upwards and produce a hood when threatened [4]: p.30