🐍Forest cobra
森林眼鏡蛇（學名：Naja melanoleuca），又名黑白眼鏡蛇，為一種分佈於非洲中西部的毒蛇，常見於低地森林及熱帶草原，但亦能適應更乾燥的生境及擅長游泳。其為眼鏡蛇屬中體型最大的成員，體長可達3.1米，也是非洲最大的眼鏡蛇。此蛇食性廣泛，獵物涵蓋昆蟲及各類體型適合的爬行與哺乳動物。這種眼鏡蛇機警、敏捷、危險性高，在受騷擾時會鼓起頸部並抬起前半身，作出攻擊的姿勢。由於不同因素，被森林眼鏡蛇咬傷的人不多，但一旦被咬則需盡快就醫，因其可危及生命。
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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 ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
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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