Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A captive juvenile king cobra in its defensive posture. The female is gravid for 50 to 59 days. [18] The king cobra is the only snake that builds a nest using dry leaf litter, starting from late March to late May. [42] Most nests are located at the base of trees, are up to 55 cm (22 in) high in the centre and 140 cm (55 in) wide at the base.
Ophiophagus kaalinga is endemic to the Western Ghats in southwestern India, found in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and parts of Maharashtra.Its range extends from the Ashambu hills near Kanyakumari through various mountain ranges, including the Agasthyamalai and Cardamom hills, reaching elevations of about 100 m to 1800 m above sea level.
The Luzon king cobra can grow to a length of up to 10 ft (3.0 m). [2] The Luzon king cobra lacks pale bands along the body, and fewer pterygoid teeth only having 11 compared to the other species having 18-21.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
A "spitting" cobra is any of several species of cobra that can intentionally, defensively shoot their venom directly from their fangs. This substance has two functions, with the first being as venom that can be absorbed via the victim’s eyes, mouth, or nose (or any mucous membrane or existing wound), and secondly as a toxungen , which can be ...
The forest cobra is Africa's largest cobra of the genus Naja [8] and possibly the largest of all the true cobra (Naja) species in the world. [7] [19] The length of an average adult is 1.4 to 2.2 m (4.6 to 7.2 ft), and they regularly attain lengths of 2.7 m (8.9 ft), [8] [20] and lengths up to 3.2 m (10 ft) have been recorded in the wild.
The monocled cobra has an O-shaped, or monocellate hood pattern, unlike that of the Indian cobra, which has the "spectacle" pattern (two circular ocelli connected by a curved line) on the rear of its hood. The elongated nuchal ribs enable a cobra to expand the anterior of the neck into a “hood”. Coloration in the young is more constant.
Naja arabica Scortecci, 1932, the Arabian cobra, has long been considered a subspecies of N. haje, but was recently raised to the status of species. [40] 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]