Many-banded snake cobra ("Naja melanoleuca") Many-banded snake The many-banded snake ("Naja multifasciata") is a species of venomous elapid snake. The species is found in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon in Africa. Despite the common name, the species is not actually banded, but overall iridescent black, with cream colored blotching on each scale. The snakes grow to approximately in length. Not much is known about their venom, but it is likely a neurotoxin, like many other elapid snakes. The genus "Paranaja" was synonymised with "Naja" in a recent molecular phylogenetic study, as this species is closely related
Southern banded snake eagle and inland along the Save River into south eastern Zimbabwe. The southern banded snake-eagle is a forest species and it mainly occurs in evergreen coastal forest but also in dense inland forests close to wetlands, it is occasionally recorded from more open areas of woodland. As its name suggests the Southern banded snake eagle mainly eats snakes, hunting from a perch, scanning the surroundings for prey. If a large snake is caught, it is torn up into bite-size pieces before feeding, however smaller snakes are swallowed whole, head-first. It has also been recorded feeding on lizards, frogs and termite alates.