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Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica)
| Subject: | Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica)
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Date: 2014:02:06 07:46:43
Camera: DMC-FZ200 (Panasonic)
F number: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Focal Length: 108/1
Upload Date: 2017:05:18 15:01:48
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H14 Road North of Phalaborwa, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA
Date 6 February 2014, 07:46
Source Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) juvenile spreading a hood
Author Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mozambique_Spitting_Cobra_(Naja_mossambica)_juvenile_spreading_a_hood_(13849799504).jpg
The Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) is a species of spitting cobra native to the savanna regions of the tropical and subtropical Africa. The distribution includes Natal, as far south as Durban, Mpumalanga Province Lowveld region, south-eastern Tanzania and Pemba Island and west to southern Angola and northern Namibia. It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja mossambica Peters, 1854
Synonyms: Naja nigricollis mossambica Peters, 1854
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Scientific Name: Naja mossambica Peters, 1854
Common Names: Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Synonyms:
Afronaja mossambica Wallach Et Al., 2014
Naja mossambica mossambica Broadley, 1968
Naja nigricollis mossambica Fischer, 1884
Naja (Afronaja) mossambica Wallach Et Al., 2009 |
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