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
Brown-banded water snake nape, and are arranged in 19 rows. Ventrals are 102-130 in number, the anal scale is divided, and the 61-94 subcaudals are paired and keeled. "H. angulatus" lives in fresh and brackish water, where it feeds on fish and possibly also freshwater eels and frogs. "H. angulatus" has been reported to be "facultatively ovoviviparous". Brown-banded water snake The brown-banded water snake ("Helicops angulatus") is a species of aquatic snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. The brown-banded water snake grows to a maximum total length (including tail) of 78 cm (31 inches). Dorsally, it is olive or