Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
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| COMMON NAME: | Mozambique Spitting Cobra |
| LATIN NAME: |
Naja mossambica |
| FOOD: |
Amphibians, reptiles including other snakes, birds and there eggs, small mammals and insects |
| HABITAT: | Savannah, in coastal forests, bush and thorn fields, sometimes in semi dessert areas, and rocky areas. It is often found near permanent water holes. Cobras search for shelter in hollow logs, under rocks, termite mounts, holes under ground and under thick bushes. |
| LOCALITY: | Africa |
| LENGTH: | 90 – 120 cm. |
| BEHAVIOUR: |
Mozambique Spitting Cobras can be very docile but also very fierce. Mozambique Spitting cobras are active and curious snakes Live prey items will be hunted down fairly quickly and they will often hold there prey in their mouth, when they let the prey go they will hunt it down again and keep on biting. |
| DEVELOPMENT: |
Mozambique Spitting Cobras are egg layers having clutches count 8 – 22 eggs. Mating in occurs in April and after a gestation period of 2 months the eggs are laid. 65 – 90 days later the eggs will hatch, hatchlings measuring a size of 20 – 25 cm when born and will have there first shed after 9 – 11 days after being offered food for the first time. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
The Mozambique Spitting cobra is a fairly small and slender snake with a medium sized eye in a blunt head, the body is a cylindrical formed shape with a long tail. The colour on the back is usually brownish, pinkish or olive greenish in juveniles. Some larger adult will fade from colour and turn out to be more greyish. The ventral side is mostly pale brown, pinkish or grey. In the neck and throat are black bars, speckles, blotches and spots mixed. Some specimens only have a few black spots while others can be almost black. |
