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The forest cobra, aka black cobra or black and white-lipped cobra, hails from central and western Africa. They are the largest known true cobra species. These venomous elapids (venomous snakes characterized, in part, by permanently erect fangs) prefer lowland forests and moist savanna habitats, but they are very adaptable and […]

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