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.