Naja annulifera

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The normal snouted cobra (Naja annulifera annulifera) is one of the most kept African cobra species, even when many snake keepers think that they keep the Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje haje) is it most of the time the Snouted Cobra.

Naja annulifera annulifera; The head is large and depressed and slightly distinct from the neck. The neck from the Snouted cobra is dilatable like all other species of the Naja complex. The dilatable neck or also called hood can be 12 -16 cm wide. The snout of the Snouted cobra is just like the head moderately broad, but pointed. The eyes are quit big with a round pupil. The body of the Snouted cobra is cylindrical and stout with a long tail.

In color are these cobras been found in many different varieties. Juveniles have a yellowish or greenish color, the scale often show a dark edging which looks like a speckled patron, in the neck do they have a broad dark band, the ventral side is usually yellow from color. Adults are mostly grey, brown, reddish-brown or black from color, but we also know a banded color phase which usually caries 6 – 9 bands on the body and 2 – 3 on the tail, these snakes have broad black and white cross bands around the body. The ventral side can be yellow or grey from color and can have speckles or a mottled patron. On the throat they have a broad dark band.

Naja annulifera anchietae; This subspecies is in morphology similar to Naja annulifera annulifera. The head is large and depressed and slightly distinct from the neck. The neck from the Snouted cobra is dilatable like all other species of the Naja complex. The dilatable neck or also called hood can be 12 -16 cm wide. The snout of the Snouted cobra is just like the head moderately broad, but pointed. The eyes are quit big with a round pupil. The body of the Snouted cobra is cylindrical and stout with a long tail. In color is this subspecies of the Snouted Cobra quite similar to the Naja annulifera annulifera except that this subspecies can also been found in light yellow and orange. They never seem to become black.