Indian cobra (Naja naja) Cobra's head
Date 22 June 2016, 10:28:28
Author Bharath Sambasivam
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_Indian_Cobra.jpg
The Indian cobra (Naja naja) also known as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra or binocellate cobra is a species of the genus Naja found in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal). The Indian cobra is classified under the genus Naja of the family Elapidae. The genus was first described by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768. The species Naja naja was first described by the Swedish physician, zoologist, and botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
