All of us are aware of the famously “cobra” species rearing their head and producing hood. This becomes a perfect sport for viewers and in fact cannot be experienced with any other snake species. Cobra species are by default the most beautiful snakes in the world and cannot deny their beauty. Additionally, all the cobra species fall under the genus “Naja” and are considered highly venomous. While there are thousands of cobra variants across the globe, there are ten we captured that possess real style.
So, what are the ten stunningly beautiful cobra species around the world? Let’s check out.
10. Angolan Cobra
Angolan cobra is a beautiful cobra species native to southern regions of Africa. The snake species are considered venomous and contain a potent neurotoxin. Additionally, a single bite is lethal enough to kill a human.
The Angolan cobras have large fangs and can administer large venom into the victim. They grow up to a length between 4 and 6 feet in length. Further, they possess nocturnal behavior and feed on small rodents, birds, and mammals.
The Angolan cobras are brilliant in raising their head above the ground level with a widely spread hood. They are stunningly beautiful cobra species and their posture is rated as the most impressive character of the snake. Finally, this cobra snake species is aggressive by nature when provoked. However, it tends to flee the spot when permitted.
9. Philippines Cobra
Here comes one of the most brilliant and beautiful looking cobra species of all time, the Philippines cobra. Also recognized as “northern Philippines cobra”, the cobra species is a variant of a spitting cobra. Additionally, the snake is known to consist of highly venomous toxin having potent neurotoxin.
Philippines cobras are native to the northern regions of the Philippines and can as well be found on the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes, Azria, and Masbate. Further, they tend to grow up to a length of 4 feet.
Furthermore, an adult’s body is brown in color and juvenile ones are known to possess dark brown. They feed on small mammals, rodents, and other snakes as their diet.
8. Central Asian Cobra
Central Asian cobra is an impressive cobra species native to Central Asia. The snake species are considered highly venomous and can cause adverse effects after the bite. Additionally, the venom consists of neurotoxins and cytotoxins that are known to kill cells by damaging the lysosomes.
The snake species is also recognized as “ladle snake”, “Oxus cobra” or “Russian cobra”. An adult central Asian cobra grows up to 3.3 feet in length. Further, the snake becomes one of the most aggressive cobras in the world. It makes a move to avoid humans as much as possible.
The central Asian cobras tend to strike the victim multiple times if provoked. While looking at their appearances, most of the specimens are either chocolate brown or yellow in color. Further, the snake’s short rounded snout, large nostrils, and distinct neck personify their beauty.
7. Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Mozambique spitting cobra is an impressively beautiful snake species native to Africa. The snake is highly venomous and considered one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa.
The venom consists of neurotoxin and cytotoxin that can cause the destruction of tissues. Additionally, the snake is a spitting variant of cobra species and primarily targets the face. If the venom enters the victim’s eyes, it is highly recommended to wash off completely. The venom is potent enough to cause the victim to go blind.
Further, an average adult grows up to 3.5 feet in length. Mozambique cobras possess fabulous blue or olive body color. The patterns on their body can stun you and make you stand still for minutes to watch without moving. They have black bars across the neck and brown edges through the corners.
6. Cape Coral Cobra
Cape coral cobra is a stunning cobra species native to southern Africa. The snake species is highly venomous. Additionally, the venom content in them can cause symptoms like neurological disorder, respiratory failure, and eventually death.
There have been many records of human deaths due to Cape coral cobra snake bite. Also known as the “cape coral snake”, the snake species can grow up to 2 feet in length. Additionally, it resides in tropical and sub-tropical regions across the globe.
Cape coral snakes possess incredible body color ranging between red, orange, and yellow. Further, they consist of thick spiral rings from the head until the tail region. The ringed pattern on the body makes the snake one of the most beautiful cobras of all time.
5. Samar Cobra
Samar cobra is a fabulous looking cobra species native to the Visayas and Mindanao island of the Philippines. Further, the Samar cobra as well becomes a spitting variant of cobra species. Also recognized as “southern Philippines cobra” or “Peters Cobra”, the snake is known to grow up to 1.4 meters in length.
Additionally, Samar cobras are highly venomous and contain lethal neurotoxin and cytotoxin. The toxin content can cause fatal symptoms like paralysis and respiratory distress. It becomes a danger when the venom enters the eyes of the victim. The victim’s eye can go blind if not washed completely with water.
Coming to the snake’s appearance, the Samar cobra possesses vibrant yellow body color. The body pattern can be easily differentiable as a Samar cobra species.
4. King Cobra
All of us are already aware of the beauty imposed by the king of all snakes across the globe. King cobra is a highly venomous snake found from India through Southeast Asia. Further, an adult king cobra grows up to 13.1 feet in length.
The king cobra is the only known species on earth to be accounted for as the longest snake species. Additionally, the longest recorded king cobra was measured at 19.2 feet in length.
The snake species as well becomes a prominent symbol in the traditions of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar subcontinents. Being said that, the king cobras play a vital role as being a symbol in Indian mythology.
Further, most of the king cobra species consist of olive-green body coloration with black and white bands. A king cobra bite is considered one of the most dangerous at an untreated fatality rate of about 50%. Out of 35 king cobra bites in Thai, 10 of them die, as per the Thai survey report.
3. Egyptian Cobra
The Egyptian cobra is a large cobra species native to North and West Africa. Being said that, the cobra species grow up to 8.5 feet in length. Additionally, the snake is venomous and can yield up to 300 mg of venom in a single bite. The venom consists of potent neurotoxins and cytotoxins that affects the nervous system and causes death.
The Egyptian cobra becomes a symbol in Egyptian mythology represented by the goddess Meretseger. It doesn’t spit the venom, unlike other African cobra species.
Further, the body color is either copper-red or grey-brown. However, the specimens from western Sahara are completely black in color.
2. Black Neck Spitting Cobra
Black neck spitting cobra is yet another beautiful snake native to sub-Saharan Africa. The snake species are known to grow up to a length of 2.2 meters in length.
As the name suggests, the black-necked spitting cobra consists of a black band near the neck region. Additionally, some specimens may include a color range between yellowish-band and yellow copper. The stripes around the black spitting cobra snakes make them stand unique on this list.
The venom consists of neurotoxin and can cause irritation to skin, blisters, and swelling. If the venom gets into the eye, the victim is recommended to wash the eyes as much as possible. Because the venom can cause the victim to go blind if not washed off completely. Further, the snake’s fangs are powerful enough to spray up to 23 feet.
1. Red Spitting Cobra
Red spitting cobra is a fabulous and beautiful cobra species native to Africa. The snake species is moreover orange-red or brown-red color combination from species across the globe.
Further, the specimen contrast from southern Kenya and northern Tanzania have orange-red color. Whereas, the specimen from other regions may include pale red, pure red, or steel grey.
Additionally, red spitting cobra lives in dry savanna and semidesert-like areas. It includes the red spitting snakes residing at an elevation of about 3900 feet above sea level.
They are nocturnal by nature and move at an incredibly fast speed. The younger snakes of their kind are known to hunt during the daytime. Furthermore, the cobra species is known to contain a mixture of neurotoxins and cytotoxins.
A bite from them can cause symptoms like numbness of fingers, lips, and tongue. The snake species are rarely known to be fatal for humans.
However, in September 2011, a snake keeper was killed when the snake sprayed the venom onto his face. The situation was recorded worse after the venom entered his nasal passage that led to anaphylactic shock.