🐍Forest cobra
Mustahuulikobra eli metsäkobra (Naja melanoleuca, sensu lato) on Saharan eteläpuolisessa Afrikassa elävä viiden kobralajin muodostama lajikompleksi. Se on hyvin myrkyllinen, mutta se ei pysty sylkemään myrkkyä. Mustahuulikobra on suurin kobra, ja voi kasvaa jopa kolme metriä pitkäksi. Mustahuulikobraa pidettiin aiemmin yhtenä lajina (Naja melanoleuca), mutta tutkimukset ovat osoittaneet sen todellisuudessa edustavan viittä eri kryptistä lajia. Lajit Naja melanoleuca, Naja guineensis, Naja savannula ja Naja subfulva elävät Afrikan mantereella ja niiden levinneisyydet menevät osittain päällekkäin. Lisäksi São Tomén saarella Guineanlahdella elää laji Naja peroescobari, jota aiemmin pidettiin saarelle istutettuna tavallisena mustahuulikobrana.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 6.96 kg
- Body length
- 2.7 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the Forest cobra
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass6.96 kgrecord 2.76 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length2.7 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan29 yearsrecord 35 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousYesReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Forest cobra yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- genusNaja
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- genusNaja
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