Egyptian cobra Egyptian cobra The Egyptian cobra ("Naja haje") is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. "Naja haje" is one of the largest cobra species native to Africa, second to the forest cobra ("Naja melanoleuca"). "Naja haje" was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The generic name "naja" is a Latinisation of the Sanskrit word ' () meaning "cobra". The specific epithet "haje" is derived from the Arabic word hayya" (حية"') which literally means "snake". The Egyptian cobra is one of the largest cobras of the African continent. The head is large and depressed and slightly
Banded krait was long, but normally the length encountered is . The snake has an entire anal plate and single subcaudals. The tail is small, about one-tenth the length of the snake. The scientific name of the genus is derived from the Telugu word "bangarum" meaning "gold", referring to the yellow rings around its body. The banded krait occurs in the whole of the Indo-Chinese subregion, the Malay peninsula and Indonesian archipelago, and southern China. The species is common in Mizoram, Assam and Tripura of India and Bangladesh, but becomes progressively uncommon westwards in India. It has been recorded eastwards from central