Cobras
Naja
Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes known as cobras. Several other genera include species commonly called cobras (for example the ring-necked spitting cobra and the king cobra), but members of the genus Naja are the most widespread and the most widely recognized as "true" cobras. Various species occur in regions throughout Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 34 known species
Indian Cobra
speciesNaja naja
Chinese Cobra
speciesNaja atra
Cape Cobra
speciesNaja nivea
Monocellate Cobra
speciesNaja kaouthia
Equatorial Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja sumatrana
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja mossambica
Snouted Cobra
speciesNaja annulifera
Brown Forest Cobra
speciesNaja subfulva
Indonesian Cobra
speciesNaja sputatrix
Indochinese Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja siamensis
Black-necked Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja nigricollis
Egyptian Cobra
speciesNaja haje
Western Barred Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja nigricincta
Brown Banded Cobra
speciesNaja fuxi
Forest Cobra
speciesNaja melanoleuca
Anchieta's Cobra
speciesNaja anchietae
Red Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja pallida
Samar Cobra
speciesNaja samarensis
Ashe's Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja ashei
West African Banded Cobra
speciesNaja savannula
Central Asian Cobra
speciesNaja oxiana
Ringed Water Cobra
speciesNaja annulata
Arabian Cobra
speciesNaja arabica
Philippine Common Cobra
speciesNaja philippinensis
São Tomé Cobra
speciesNaja peroescobari
Black Forest Cobra
speciesNaja guineensis
Nubian Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja nubiae
Andaman Cobra
speciesNaja sagittifera
Katian Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja katiensis
Burmese Spitting Cobra
speciesNaja mandalayensis
Many-banded Snake
speciesNaja multifasciata
Dwarf Water Cobra
speciesNaja nana
Christy's Water Cobra
speciesNaja christyi
Senegalese Cobra
speciesNaja senegalensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30475.