I. Basic information

【Chinese name】beak cobra

【Latin name】Naja annulifera

【other name】long Snout Cobra

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

【 Class: Reptiles

[Subclass] Biporia, Lepidosaurus subclass

[Order] Squamata

[Suborder] Snake subclass

[Family] Cobra family

[Subfamily] Cobra subfamily

[Genus] Cobra genus

[Species] Beaked cobra

II. Appearance characteristics

The body length of an adult beak cobra is generally 130cm~190cm, and it can also reach about 230cm. Its body color varies at various stages of growth, with young individuals usually yellowish or greenish in color, with a yellow belly. Adults are mostly gray, brown, reddish-brown or black. Some individuals also have ribbon-like patterns on their bodies, which are very beautiful. Like most cobras, the beaked cobra has a skinfold on the neck, which can bulge outwards and is mainly used to intimidate opponents.

III. Living habits

1. Habitat: The beaked cobra mainly lives in savanna, semi-desert and rocky bare areas. Sometimes it will break into human settlements by catching prey.

2. Eating habits

Beak cobras are carnivorous snakes, their food is mainly small reptiles, small mammals, birds, bird eggs, and sometimes they even eat body size Snakes smaller than them.

3. Breeding method

Beaked cobras are oviparous snakes, generally they breed in late spring or early summer. A female snake lays 8 to 34 eggs at a time, and it takes 65 to 90 days for the hatchlings to hatch.

IV. Toxicity

The venom of the beak cobra is mainly neurotoxin, and the onset of toxicity is particularly fast. Once someone is bitten by a beak cobra, the toxin spreads rapidly and quickly destroys the injured person's nervous system, causing paralysis and organ failure. In addition, swelling, lumps, muscle necrosis, etc. will appear in the injured part. If there is no timely treatment, the injured person will soon die of respiratory failure and shock.

V. Main distribution

At present, the beaked cobra is not distributed in my country, and mainly lives in the vast African continent, such as southern Zambia, Mala Victoria, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, northern South Africa, Botswana and other countries.

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