Naja melanoleuca

[lydhagen]

Hi,

Here's some new pics on my newly acquired 1.1 Naja melanoleuca



















Enjoy,

/E

[Bushviper]

Wow. I like these much more than the local ones. They also have an evil look to them. Nice.

[mgiddings]

Nice! As BV said they look evil! Just look at the second to last picture

[Rishaad]

Stunning. I just love forest cobra's. They are very high on my future wish list.

[Niels v.d. H.]

Such gorgeous animals!! Good luck with them!

[Archie Bottoms]

I love the way a white lip looks the black that out lines the face scales very nice.I just turned on down It is over 7 foot and psycotic I chose death adders instead but will get him next year he is only 5 so he is still young.He eats jumbo rats ever 2 weeks.A true monster they get big.

[lydhagen]

Thanks for all the nice comments. Here's a couple more,

[Boadicea]

Wow! These are real beauties! Pardon my ignorance but what location do they come from if they are not local? How big do they get?

[lydhagen]

The general size of forrest cobras is about 2 meters, but they can grow up to almost 3 meters.

The black form occurs in the west from Sierra Leone to east Kenya, south to northern Angola.
The brown phase occurs in Somalia and down the coast through Kenya and Tanzania. Also
east South Africa, Mozambuiqe and Zimbabwe.

That's a fast summarize, but I recon alot of people on this site has better knowledge
about theire distribution than I do.

Cheers,

E

[Warren Klein]

That is a beautiful Forest with a typical West African look. As well as specimens which look like the one pictured here, I also catch Forest cobras in Angola which look just like Zulu land specimens without the dark stripes on the lips and the front half of the body being beige to light brown going into a jet black tail. The dark specimens show more contrast and look more impressive to me. Very smart looking snake and my favorite cobra species!