Egyptian cobra
Scientific name: Naja haje (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
The Egyptian cobra is one of the most venomous species of snakes inhabiting Northern Africa. It averages roughly 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) in length; the longest specimen recorded so far measured 2.59 metres (8.5 ft).
From the Wikipedia article “Egyptian cobra”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic ?, N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Chad, Egypt (?), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau (?), Guinea (Conakry), Kenya, Libya,.
Common names
Also known in English as Obscure Cobra [obscura].
Names in other languages (10)
- Arabic
- ناشر مصري
- Bengali
- মিশরীয় কোবরা
- Chinese
- 埃及眼鏡蛇
- French
- Cobra égyptien
- German
- Uräusschlange
- Indonesian
- Kobra Mesir
- Japanese
- アスプコブラ
- Persian
- کبرای مصری
- Russian
- Египетская кобра
- Turkish
- Mısır Kobrası
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q244377, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Egyptian cobra”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — safaritravelplus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Nesnad, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026