Indian cobra

Naja naja · Elapidae

The Indian cobra, also known commonly as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra, a venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent, and is a member of the "Big Four" species that are responsible for the most snakebite cases in Sri Lanka and India.

Where the Indian cobra lives

Recorded in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand (Asia).

Most records fall in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan.

See the Indian cobra’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 2,030 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.