Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) H14 Road North of Phalaborwa, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA
Date 6 February 2014, 07:46
Source Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) juvenile spreading a hood
Author Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mozambique_Spitting_Cobra_(Naja_mossambica)_juvenile_spreading_a_hood_(13849799504).jpg
The Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) is a species of spitting cobra native to the savanna regions of the tropical and subtropical Africa. The distribution includes Natal, as far south as Durban, Mpumalanga Province Lowveld region, south-eastern Tanzania and Pemba Island and west to southern Angola and northern Namibia. It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja mossambica Peters, 1854
Synonyms: Naja nigricollis mossambica Peters, 1854