Please ID dead snake

[Phunk]

Good day all

When I drove back to the office this afternoon I was stopped at the gate by security because they had killed a snake and they wanted to show it to me.
I was deeply angered that they had killed this beautiful snake and I let them know just how angry I was.
They told me it was "Attacking" them and it wouldn't go away when they tried to chase it. They said it was trying to kill them and they had to kill it for for fear of their lives.
Absolute tripe as far as I'm concerned.

Please could you guys ID this Cobra.
Thanks.

Sorry about the poor quality of the pics.

[EkSkynHeilig]

That is a Mozambique Spitting Cobra no doubts.

[Fooble]

That is a Mozambique Spitting Cobra no doubts.

Like Ekskynheilig said.


Quite lucky the guy who killed it didnt catch a spray to the face. Little beasts these guys.

[Phunk]

Thank you for the (VERY) quick reply.
You guys are great.
Cheers
Phunk

[Fooble]

Phunk these snakes in particular do put up quite a display so its almost acceptable why they would be afraid
in zulu this snake is called "Mfezi" which many Zulu people do fear and i suppose with reason.

[Rishaad]

Mfezi for sure and quite a big one too.

[Snake Charmer]

What a beautiful Moz Spitting Cobra!

We have two of them here at the Park ... and they have such characters!

We were fortunate enough to see a Mfezi actively hunting down prey on a walking trail during our visit to Mtunzini this year ... was awesome to watch!