MONOCLED COBRA-
Found in a wide range of habitats; forest, farmland, even towns under houses of people, on trees especially early in the morning when the sun rises.
It is India’s good snake, a valuable exterminator of rats and mice. Monocled cobras have Neuro toxic venom affecting nerves, brain, and causing death very quickly without treatment. They are very fast strikers. The baby monocled cobras are every bit as the most deadly snakes as their parents.
DESCRIPTION
A large specimen would attain 2 meters in length. Typically yellowish or dark brown, with a black and white spectacle marking on the neck that is only obvious when the snake is aroused and the hood is spread.
There is also a pair of black and white spots on the undersurface of the hood of the monocled cobra.
DISTRIBUTION
Southern Asia especially in Thailand and indo-Australian archipelago.
HABITAT
Found in a wide range of habitats; forest, farmland, even towns under houses of people, on trees especially early in the morning when the sun rises.FOOD
Mice, frogs, eggs and reptiles.
BREEDING
Lays 10 to 30 eggs
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja kaouthia.
Nice cobra picture. these are very dangerous animals. Some people in Asia have manged to play songs for them and then they dance. I don't have the guts to be part of that cobra dancing
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