Photo of a Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje)
Photo: Gert Jan Verspui, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Cobra
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Naja
Continents
Africa
Countries
25
How common
Common

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About

Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje) is a venomous cobra of the family Elapidae, found in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad and 20 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 44 more. Common: recorded in 76 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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