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The dwarf water cobra (Naja nana) is a small, venomous species of aquatic cobra found in the Democratic Republic of Congo . It was first described by Marcel Collet and Jean-Francois Trape in 2020, based on two specimens from Lake Mai-Ndombe .
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.
The only "cobra” species which occurs in this region is Naja oxiana, so any “cobra” observed in Kazakhstan would likely be of this species. [citation needed] Naja oxiana is often found in arid and semiarid, rocky or stony, shrub- or scrub-covered foothills [12] at elevations up to about 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level. This is also the ...
The many-banded snake (Naja multifasciata), also known commonly as the burrowing cobra, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Central Africa . There are three recognized subspecies .
The Indochinese spitting cobra (Naja siamensis) (Thai: งูเห่า, pronounced: nguu hao) also called the Thai spitting cobra, black and white spitting cobra, Siamese spitting cobra, is a species of spitting cobra found in Southeast Asia.
An Andaman cobra in a defensive posture With its hood lowered. The Andaman cobra is medium to large sized snake in length, is a heavy bodied snake with long cervical ribs capable of expansion to form a hood when threatened, it may also spit its venom into the eyes, although not as accurately as the true spitting cobras.
The generic name Naja is a Latinisation of the Sanskrit word nāgá , meaning "cobra”. The specific epithet arabica means “of Arabia” or “Arabic”. This species, Naja arabica , had long been considered a subspecies of the Egyptian cobra ( Naja haje ), but morphological and genetic differences have led to its recognition as a separate ...
The Nubian spitting cobra or Egyptian spitting cobra (Naja nubiae) is a species of spitting cobra native to Africa. Description. A relatively small spitting cobra ...