Cape Cobra

• Its colouring varies so much within a single population that bright yellow animals and almost black ones may be siblings from the same clutch, which is disconcerting for anyone trying to identify it.
• It is one of the few African snakes that habitually eat other snakes, including cobras of its own species.
• It climbs trees to raid weaver nests, and in the sociable weaver colonies of the Kalahari it is a regular predator of those enormous communal nests.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)

Habitat and environment

Fynbos, karoo, arid scrub, savannah and farmland of southern Africa

Size at birth

About 30-35 cm on hatching

Sexual maturity

3 years

Gestation / incubation

70 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

15 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naja_nivea

Best time: From September to April in south-western South Africa and Namibia, by day, in arid country and fynbos: it is one of the few cobras active in daylight.

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.