﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  Cochra 
  

  

  1. 
  Egyptian 
  cobra 
  (Naja 
  haje), 
  also 
  called 
  asp. 
  Color: 
  brown, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  faint 
  darker 
  markings. 
  

   Length: 
  6 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  northern 
  and 
  eastern 
  Africa 
  from 
  Morocco 
  to 
  Natal. 
  Extremely 
  poisonous; 
  irritable 
  

   and 
  aggressive. 
  (Courtesy 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Water 
  cobra 
  (Boulengerina 
  stormsi). 
  Color: 
  light 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  black, 
  light-centered 
  bands 
  or 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  body. 
  Length: 
  8 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  lakes 
  and 
  rivers 
  in 
  Cameroon, 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  Belgian 
  Congos, 
  

   and 
  Lake 
  Tanganyika. 
  Degree 
  of 
  toxicity 
  unknown; 
  aquatic; 
  not 
  aggressive 
  out 
  of 
  water. 
  (Courtesy 
  New 
  

   York 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  