Aspidelaps
Sign in to saveAspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Species in the genus Aspidelaps are commonly called shield-nosed cobras, African coral snakes or coral cobras after their cobra hoods and enlarged rostral (nose) scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in Aspidelaps as it is in the true cobras of the genus Naja.
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Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Species in the genus Aspidelaps are commonly called shield-nosed cobras, African coral snakes or coral cobras after their cobra hoods and enlarged rostral (nose) scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in Aspidelaps as it is in the true cobras of the genus Naja.
==Species== {| class="wikitable" !Image !Species !Subsp.* !Common name ! style="width: 100pt;" | Distribution |- |170x170px |A. lubricus (Laurenti, 1768) |align="center"|2 |Cape coral snake |South Africa (Cape Province), southern Angola, Namibia |- |170x170px |A. scutatus (A. Smith, 1849) |align="center"|3 |shield-nosed cobra |Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, north-east South Africa, Mozambique |}