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
Many-banded tree snake Many-banded tree snake The many-banded tree snake, Boiga multifasciata, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid. Not much is known about it and it is rated as "data deficient" by the IUCN. Dorsally, it is grayish with oblique black crossbars, and has a series of whitish spots along the vertebral line. On the head, it has a pair of black streaks from the prefrontals to the occiput, another black streak from the eye to the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape. The upper labials are black-edged. Ventrally, it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black. Adults