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Mozambique Spitting Cobra

Naja mossambica

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Elapidae

The Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) is a highly venomous species of spitting cobra in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Africa, and it is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Taxonomy German naturalist Wilhelm Peters described Naja mossambica as a species new to science in 1854.

Distribution

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