Scientific name: Najia Najia

English name: Cobra or Indian cobra

Distributed in China, Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places. Foreign countries are in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Cobra (also known as swollen-necked snake) lives in various environments such as plains, hills and mountains. Living alone, there are activities day and night. When fierce and abnormal, hold up the front of the body, spread the neck and make a "whirring" sound. Hibernation behavior. Feed on fish, frogs, mice, birds and eggs.

The breeding period is from June to August, each time spawning 10- 18, naturally hatching, with the female snake guarding nearby, and the incubation period is about 50 days. Cobra was first exhibited in Beijing Zoo in 19, and successfully propagated in 1970.

Animals are generally protected in China.

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When the cobra is provoked, does it put its body in front? At this time, the lines on the glasses on the back are becoming more and more obvious, and at the same time, a "whirring" sound is issued to intimidate the enemy.

Cobra in China refers to king cobra, which is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Tibet, Hunan and other places in China.

The origin of cobra's name should be after the 17th and 18th centuries in modern times, which was attached to the appearance of glasses and finally became the official name. There is no unified name before formal naming. In the history of China, snakes have no special names. There are many folk names for cobra, such as mountain snake, mountain storm, big flat-headed snake, big flat-headed wind, flat-headed snake, big swollen neck, blowing snake, mountain sign, swollen neck snake, mountain wind and rice shovel.

Elapidae is the latest classification of Cobra, which is a combination of Serpentidae and Serpentidae, and is divided into Cobra subfamily, Ampulla subfamily and Hydropterinae. They are poisonous snakes, which can be found in most warm areas of the world except Europe and Madagascar.

The main characteristics of Cobra family are: the maxilla is short, with fluted teeth at the front end, and there are often 1 to several fine teeth behind the fluted teeth. It is a poisonous snake with anterior teeth, and its venom is mainly neurotoxic. The undergraduate snake is inactive and its head is oval, so it is not easy to distinguish it from non-venomous snakes in appearance. There are symmetrical scales on the back of the head, but no cheek scales. The pupil is round, the tail is cylindrical, and the whole spine has a kyphosis. There are only 4 genera and 8 species of Bungarus multicinctus, Bungarus multicinctus, Cobra and King cobra in China.