Aspidelaps
| Aspidelaps | |
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| Aspidelaps scutatus, shield-nosed cobra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: |
Aspidelaps Fitzinger, 1843 |
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| blue - A. lubricus green - A. scutatus |
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Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Species in the genus Aspidelaps are commonly called shield-nosed cobras or coral cobras after their cobra hoods and enlarged rostral (nose) scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in Aspidelaps as it is in Naja.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aspidelaps.
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