Cobra
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP This article is about snakes with the common name cobra . For other usages, see Cobra (disambiguation). Cobra Temporal range: Miocene-Holocene Indian cobra, Naja naja in a defensive posture Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae (with some exceptions) Laurenti, 1768 Cobra is the common name of various elapid snakes, most of which belonging to the genus Naja . [1] Biology All of the known cobras are venomous and many are capable of rearing upwards and producing a hood when threatened. [2] Known cobras All members of the genus Naja , the "true" cobras, rear and produce hoods. Other "cobra" genera and species are as follows: The rinkhals, or ring-necked spitting cobra, Hemachatus haemachatus , so called for its neck band as well as its habit of rearing and spreading its hood when disturbed [3] The king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah [4] The two species ...