Cape Cobra

(Naja nivea)
DISTRIBUTION:
Cape, Free State, North West Province, Namibia, Lesotho and Southern Botswana.

DESCRIPTION:
Slender Cobra and smaller than the snouted cobra. Average 1,2m in length.

COLOUR:
Coloration is varied. May be either butter yellow or mottled yellow and brown or even uniform brown to black.

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