Total length, 170 millimetres; tail 14.
Habitat: Zambesi.
(c) Naja.
(For the characters of this genus, see Asia, p. 33.)
Six species of Naja are found in Africa:—
(1) N. haje or haie.—Scales in 21-23 rows on the neck, which is dilatable, although slightly less so than that of N. tripudians, the Cobra-di-Capello of India.
Six or seven large supralabial shields, sixth or seventh in contact with the lower postocular. Eyes separated from the labial shields by the suboculars. 191-214 ventral scales; 53-64 subcaudals.
Colour yellowish, olive, or uniform black; belly yellowish; black or brown band on the neck; head sometimes blackish.
Total length, 1,180 millimetres; tail 290.
Habitat: Borders of the Sahara, Egypt, Southern Palestine, East Africa as far south as Mozambique.