SIA1699: Black Forest Cobra

SIA1699
Common Name:Black Forest Cobra
Scientific Name:Naja melanoleuca
Photographer:Calvin J. Hamilton
Copyright:© 2005 Calvin J. Hamilton
Date:2005/07/27
Location:Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo, Maryland

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This is the most dangerous African snake. It is alert and moves quickly and can bite from a long distance. Its venom is exremely neurotoxic with a yield of 500 mg. It lives in Africa from Sierra Leone to western Kenya and through out Central Africa.


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