Ashe's spitting cobra

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Ashe's spitting cobra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Subfamily: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Laurenti, 1768
Species: N. ashei
Binomial name
Naja ashei
Wüster & Broadley, 2007[1]
Synonyms
  • Naja ashei
    Wüster & Broadley, 2007
  • Naja (Afronaja) ashei
    Wallach et al, 2009
  • Naja ashei
    Largen & Spawls, 2010

Ashe's spitting cobra (Naja ashei), also known as the Giant spitting cobra is the largest species of spitting cobra in the world. It is found in parts of East Africa from Ethiopia to Tanzania.


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