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Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes commonly known as cobras (or "true cobras"). Members of the genus Naja are the most widespread and the most widely recognized as "true" cobras. Various species occur in regions throughout Africa , Southwest Asia , South Asia , and Southeast Asia .
Naja haje was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.The generic name naja is a Latinisation of the Sanskrit word nāgá meaning "cobra". [5] The specific epithet haje is derived from the Arabic word ḥayya (حية) which literally means "snake" [citation needed].
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 Indian cobra (Naja naja /nadʒa nadʒa/), also known commonly as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra, a venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent , and is a member of the "big four" species that are responsible for the most snakebite cases in India.
In juvenile snakes the overall coloration is lighter than in the adults. Like all other Naja species, this snake can flatten its head and neck into a hood. The head and hood are uniformly dark brown or black. The venom of Naja nigricincta can cause massive hemorrhaging, necrosis and paralysis in bite victims. These snakes can also spit their ...
The generic name, Naja, is a Latinisation of the Sanskrit word nāgá (), meaning "serpent".The specific epithet, ashei, honors the late James Ashe, [3] who founded the Bio-Ken Snake Farm and was one of the first experts to suggest N. ashei was a new species.
While the members of the genus Naja constitute the true cobras, the name cobra is also applied to these other genera and species: . The rinkhals, ringhals or ring-necked spitting cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus) so-called for its neck band as well as its habit of rearing upwards and producing a hood when threatened [2]
The Caspian cobra (Naja oxiana), also called the persian cobra or Russian cobra, is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia . First described by Karl Eichwald , a German physician, in 1831, it was for many years considered to be a subspecies of the Naja naja until genetic analysis ...