Mali cobra

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Mali cobra

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Naja
Subgenus:
Afronaja
Species:
N. katiensis
Binomial name
Naja katiensis
Angel, 1922

The Mali cobra (Naja katiensis), also called the Katian spitting cobra or West African brown spitting cobra, is a species of spitting cobra found in West Africa.

{Venom} "This species has venom that it spits towards its opponents. The venom consists of postsynaptic neurotoxins and cardiotoxins that cause cytotoxic activity." (“Western African Spitting Cobra.” Branson's Wild World, http://bransonswildworld.com/western-african-spitting-cobra/. )

Geographic Distribution

This species ranges from

Northern Ghana, Togo, Southwestern Niger and Nigeria.[1]

Habitat

This species occurs in both

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