Indian Cobra Stats
Scientific Name: Naja naja
Family: Elapidae
Adult Size: 4 to 7 feet, sometimes significantly longer ...
The Indian cobra (Naja naja), a common snake of the same region, is usually 4 to 5 ft (1.2-1.6 m) long; its large hood is marked on the back by a pattern of figures resembling eyes. It preys on rats and is therefore often found in houses.
The large hood of the Indian cobra has a spectacle like pattern . The asiatic king cobra or hamadryad , which can grow to a length of 14 to 18 ft., but its hood has no pattern which it spreads, as does the common Cobra, when agitated or startled.
The brightly banded Western Coral Snake, a relative of the Indian Cobra, injects a venom twice as powerful as the rattlesnake. But because of its size, anatomy and habits, there are no known deaths in the Desert Southwest attributed its bite.
incapacitate larger would-be predators by delivering venom to their eyes. Cobras come in varying colors from black or dark brown to yellowish white. The (jet) black cobra found in Pakistan and North India is considered a sub-species of Indian Cobra ...
 See also: Cobra, Snake, Coral Snake, Coral, Spitting cobra
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