cobra: Quick Facts

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A Cape cobra (Naja nivea) with its hood expanded, upright in green grass, showing its brown and yellow patterned scales.

An Indian cobra, or Indian spectacled cobra (Naja naja), is shown with its hood expanded, displaying distinctive markings. A scale bar compares 10 centimeters to 4 inches for reference.

Black-necked cobra (Naja nigricollis)

Mozambique spitting cobra

An Egyptian cobra with dark, glossy scales is coiled and raising its hooded head, facing forward with its tongue extended.

Indian cobra, or Indian spectacled cobra (Naja naja)

Close-up of a king cobra overlaid with question marks, a drawn crown, and an arrow pointing to the snake

The video thumbnail image shows a spitting cobra shooting venom from its teeth.

Mongoose vs. Asian cobra

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