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A Cape cobra raiding a communal nest of sociable weavers [9] Verreaux's eagle-owl with Cape cobra prey This species of cobra is a feeding generalist. [ 7 ] It feeds on a wide spectrum of prey, including other snakes, rodents, lizards, birds, and carrion.
Several other elapid species are also called "cobras", such as the king cobra and the rinkhals, but neither is a true cobra, in that they do not belong to the genus Naja, but instead each belong to monotypic genera Hemachatus (the rinkhals) [1] and Ophiophagus (the king cobra/hamadryad). [2] [3]
The eastern coral snake or American cobra (Micrurus fulvius), which also does not rear upwards and produce a hood when threatened [4]: p.30 The false water cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas) is the only "cobra" species that is not a member of the Elapidae. It does not rear upwards, produces only a slight flattening of the neck when threatened, and is ...
Cobra. Andaman cobra; Arabian cobra; Asian cobra; Banded water cobra; Black-necked cobra; Black-necked spitting cobra; Black tree cobra; Burrowing cobra; Cape cobra; Caspian cobra; Chinese cobra; Cobra de capello; Congo water cobra; Common cobra; Eastern water cobra; Egyptian cobra; Equatorial spitting cobra; False cobra; False water cobra ...
The Cape coral snake has thick black rings along the length of the body, fully encircling on the body while not fully on the tail segment. There are around 20–47 total rings spanning the length of the snakes body. This species also contains a narrow hood right below the head, much like other cobras. [7]
The Egyptian cobra was represented in Egyptian mythology by the cobra-headed goddess Meretseger. A stylised Egyptian cobra—in the form of the uraeus representing the goddess Wadjet—was the symbol of sovereignty for the Pharaohs who incorporated it into their diadem. This iconography was continued through the end of the ancient Egyptian ...
Sarraceniaceae are a family of pitcher plants, belonging to order Ericales (reassigned from Nepenthales).. The family comprises three extant genera: Sarracenia (North American pitcher plants), Darlingtonia (the cobra lily or California pitcher plant), and Heliamphora (sun pitchers).
The rinkhals has a varied diet. Its main prey is toads, [8] but it also eats small mammals, amphibians, and other reptiles. [10] Another difference between the rinkhals and the African cobras, is that they are ovoviviparous. [6] They give birth to 20–35 live young, but as many as 65 young have been recorded. [8]