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	Genus	Species	Common Names	Region
Snakes Search Results
1	Aspidelaps	lubricus	( subsp. cowlesi ) South African Coral Snake , Angolan Coral Snake , Cowle's Shield Snake , Namibian Shield Cobra , Cape Coral Snake , South Western Coral Snake , South West African Coral Snake , Western Coral Snake	Sub-Saharan Africa
2	Aspidelaps	lubricus	( subsp. lubricus ) South African Coral Snake , Cape Coral Snake , Coral Snake , Coral Shield Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
3	Aspidelaps	scutatus	Shield Snake , Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. scutatus ) , Intermediate Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. intermedius ) , Eastern Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. fulafula ) , kalahari Shield Cobra ( A. s. scutatus ) , Intermediate Shield Cobra ( A. s. intermedius ) , Eastern Shield Cobra ( A. s. fulafula )	Sub-Saharan Africa
4	Chironius	laevicollis	Cobra-cipo , Brazilian Cipo	South America
5	Hemachatus	haemachatus	Rinkals , Ringhals , Ring-necked Spitting Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
6	Hydrodynastes	gigas	False Water Cobra	South America
7	Malpolon	moilensis	Hooded Malpolon , Moila Snake , Talheh Snake , False Cobra	Middle East + North Africa + West Asia
8	Micrurus	tricolor	Southern Coral Snake , Coral Surena , Cobra Coral Meridional , Argentinean Coral Snake , Coral Argentina , Cobra Coral Argentina	South America
9	Naja	anchietae	Anchieta's Cobra , Angolan Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
10	Naja	annulata	( subsp. annulata ) Ringed Water Cobra , Banded Water Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
11	Naja	annulata	( subsp. stormsi ) Ringed Water Cobra , Storm's Water Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
12	Naja	annulifera	Banded Cobra , Snouted Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
13	Naja	arabica	Arabian Cobra	Middle East
14	Naja	ashei	Ashes Spitting Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
15	Naja	atra	Chinese Cobra , Taiwan Cobra , Formosan Cobra	Southeast Asia + North Asia
16	Naja	christyi	Christy's Water Cobra, Congo Water Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
17	Naja	haje	Egyptian Cobra , Brown Cobra	North Africa + Sub-Saharan Africa
18	Naja	kaouthia	Monocellate Cobra , Thailand Cobra , Monacled Cobra , Bengal Cobra , Monocled Cobra	Indian Sub-continent + North Asia + Southeast Asia
19	Naja	katiensis	Western Brown Spitting Cobra , Mali Cobra , Katien Spitting Cobra	North Africa + Sub-Saharan Africa
20	Naja	mandalayensis	Burmese Spitting Cobra	Southeast Asia
21	Naja	melanoleuca	Black Cobra , White-lipped Cobra , Forest Cobra , Black and White-lipped Cobra , Black-lipped Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
22	Naja	mossambica	Mocambique Spitting Cobra , m'Fezi , Mozambique Spitting Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
23	Naja	multifasciata	Burrowing Cobra , Many-banded Snake	Sub-Saharan Africa
24	Naja	naja	Indian Spectacled Cobra , Asiatic Cobra , Binocellate Cobra , Indian Cobra , Spectacled Cobra	West Asia + Indian Sub-continent
25	Naja	nigricincta	( subsp. nigricincta ) Western Barred Spitting Cobra , Zebra Spitting Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
26	Naja	nigricincta	( subsp. woodi ) Black Spiiting Cobra , Western Black Spiiting Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
27	Naja	nigricollis	Black-necked Spitting Cobra	North Africa + Sub-Saharan Africa
28	Naja	nivea	Cape Cobra , Yellow Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
29	Naja	nubiae	Nubian Spitting Cobra	North Africa
30	Naja	oxiana	Oxus Cobra , Trans-Caspian Cobra , Central Asian Cobra , Acellate Cobra , Black Cobra , Ladle Snake , Brown Cobra	West Asia + Indian Sub-continent + Middle East
31	Naja	pallida	Red Spitting Cobra , Black-necked Spitting Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
32	Naja	philippinensis	Philippine Cobra , Northern Philippine Cobra	Southeast Asia
33	Naja	sagittifera	Andaman Cobra	Indian Sub-continent
34	Naja	samarensis	Samar Cobra , Visayan Cobra , Peters' Cobra , Southeastern Philippine Cobra	Southeast Asia
35	Naja	senegalensis	Senegalese Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
36	Naja	siamensis	Thai Spitting Cobra , Isan Spitting Cobra , Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra	Southeast Asia
37	Naja	sputatrix	Javan Spitting Cobra , Sunda Island Spitting Cobra , Indonesian Cobra , Southern Indonesian Spitting Cobra	Southeast Asia
38	Naja	sumatrana	Sumatran Spitting Cobra , Golden Spitting Cobra , Malayan Spitting Cobra , Equatorial Spitting Cobra , Sumatran Cobra	Southeast Asia
39	Ophiophagus	hannah	King Cobra , Hamadryad , Jungle Cobra	Indian Sub-continent + North Asia + Southeast Asia
40	Pseudohaje	goldii	Gold's Cobra , False Cobra , Tree Cobra , Gold's Tree Cobra , Black Forest Cobra , African Tree Cobra , Gold's Forest Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
41	Pseudohaje	nigra	Black Tree Cobra , Hoodless Cobra	Sub-Saharan Africa
42	Pseudoxenodon	macrops	Big-eyed Mountain Keelback , Big-eyed Bamboo Snake , False Cobra	Indian Sub-continent + Southeast Asia
43	Walterinnesia	aegyptia	Black Desert Cobra , Walter Innes' Snake	Middle East + North Africa
44	Walterinnesia	morgani	Black Desert Cobra , Morgan's Desert Cobra	Middle East


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