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Shield-nosed cobra

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607: 86: 61: 218: 42: 316:. They can survive between 20 and 28 years in captivity, though this age is normally not attained in the wild due to predation, accidents, etc. This species of snake is highly venomous, and has been attributed to at least one reported death of a human, despite its propensity to bite being somewhat low. The venom is highly 584: 687: 514: 553: 667: 488: 648: 527: 682: 606: 532: 394: 677: 641: 85: 558: 207: 453: 692: 634: 415: 373: 190: 475: 672: 231: 50: 80: 545: 519: 566: 462: 618: 579: 368: 571: 350: 325: 661: 540: 359: 70: 65: 305: 17: 467: 501: 447: 438: 217: 317: 297: 167: 41: 321: 97: 614: 432: 329: 313: 285: 281: 274: 267: 157: 137: 117: 400: 493: 301: 289: 127: 506: 309: 293: 107: 409: 270: 147: 480: 413: 332:
snake should be treated as an urgent medical emergency.
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is currently available for this species. Any bite or
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642: 8: 649: 635: 410: 280:The shield-nosed cobra is mainly found in 216: 59: 40: 31: 372: 341: 688:Taxa named by Andrew Smith (zoologist) 349:Alexander, G.J.; Tolley, K.A. (2021). 7: 603: 601: 668:IUCN Red List least concern species 360:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 621:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 25: 605: 84: 1: 401:Reptarium.cz Reptile Database 403:. Accessed 13 December 2016. 709: 683:Reptiles described in 1849 600: 367:: e.T110168111A139743257. 264:eastern shield-nose snake 224: 215: 196: 189: 81:Scientific classification 79: 57: 48: 39: 34: 454:Aspidelaps scutatus 424:Aspidelaps scutatus 396:Aspidelaps scutatus 353:Aspidelaps scutatus 259:Aspidelaps scutatus 200:Aspidelaps scutatus 51:Conservation status 35:Shield-nosed cobra 18:Aspidelaps scutatus 678:Reptiles of Africa 254:shield-nosed cobra 630: 629: 595: 594: 567:Open Tree of Life 416:Taxon identifiers 250: 249: 74: 16:(Redirected from 700: 651: 644: 637: 609: 602: 588: 587: 575: 574: 562: 561: 549: 548: 536: 535: 523: 522: 510: 509: 497: 496: 484: 483: 471: 470: 458: 457: 456: 443: 442: 441: 411: 404: 392: 386: 385: 383: 381: 376: 346: 239: 228: 220: 202: 182:A. scutatus 89: 88: 68: 63: 62: 44: 32: 27:Species of snake 21: 708: 707: 703: 702: 701: 699: 698: 697: 658: 657: 656: 655: 598: 596: 591: 583: 578: 570: 565: 557: 552: 544: 539: 531: 526: 518: 513: 505: 500: 492: 487: 479: 474: 466: 461: 452: 451: 446: 437: 436: 431: 418: 408: 407: 393: 389: 379: 377: 348: 347: 343: 338: 328:venom from any 320:, and no known 246: 240: range of 237: 235: 229: range of 226: 211: 204: 198: 185: 83: 75: 64: 60: 53: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 706: 704: 696: 695: 693:Elapidae stubs 690: 685: 680: 675: 670: 660: 659: 654: 653: 646: 639: 631: 628: 627: 610: 593: 592: 590: 589: 576: 563: 550: 537: 524: 511: 498: 485: 472: 459: 444: 428: 426: 420: 419: 414: 406: 405: 387: 340: 339: 337: 334: 273:of the family 248: 247: 236: 225: 222: 221: 213: 212: 205: 194: 193: 187: 186: 179: 177: 173: 172: 165: 161: 160: 155: 151: 150: 145: 141: 140: 135: 131: 130: 125: 121: 120: 115: 111: 110: 105: 101: 100: 95: 91: 90: 77: 76: 58: 55: 54: 49: 46: 45: 37: 36: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 705: 694: 691: 689: 686: 684: 681: 679: 676: 674: 671: 669: 666: 665: 663: 652: 647: 645: 640: 638: 633: 632: 626: 624: 620: 617:article is a 616: 611: 608: 604: 599: 586: 581: 577: 573: 568: 564: 560: 555: 551: 547: 542: 538: 534: 529: 525: 521: 516: 512: 508: 503: 499: 495: 490: 486: 482: 477: 473: 469: 464: 460: 455: 449: 445: 440: 434: 430: 429: 427: 425: 421: 417: 412: 402: 398: 397: 391: 388: 375: 370: 366: 362: 361: 356: 354: 345: 342: 335: 333: 331: 327: 323: 319: 315: 311: 307: 303: 299: 295: 291: 287: 283: 278: 276: 272: 269: 265: 261: 260: 255: 245: 244: 234: 233: 223: 219: 214: 209: 203: 201: 195: 192: 191:Binomial name 188: 184: 183: 178: 175: 174: 171: 170: 166: 163: 162: 159: 156: 153: 152: 149: 146: 143: 142: 139: 136: 133: 132: 129: 126: 123: 122: 119: 116: 113: 112: 109: 106: 103: 102: 99: 96: 93: 92: 87: 82: 78: 72: 67: 66:Least Concern 56: 52: 47: 43: 38: 33: 30: 19: 623:expanding it 612: 597: 423: 395: 390: 378:. Retrieved 364: 358: 352: 344: 326:spit-sprayed 306:South Africa 279: 263: 258: 257: 253: 251: 242: 241: 230: 199: 197: 181: 180: 168: 29: 502:iNaturalist 448:Wikispecies 243:A. scutatus 232:A. lubricus 673:Aspidelaps 662:Categories 336:References 318:neurotoxic 298:Mozambique 169:Aspidelaps 144:Suborder: 546:110168111 380:14 August 322:antivenin 176:Species: 148:Serpentes 104:Kingdom: 98:Eukaryota 615:Elapidae 585:scutatus 520:10364059 439:Q1547457 433:Wikidata 314:Zimbabwe 286:Eswatini 282:Botswana 275:Elapidae 268:venomous 158:Elapidae 154:Family: 138:Squamata 128:Reptilia 118:Chordata 114:Phylum: 108:Animalia 94:Domain: 71:IUCN 3.1 494:2470001 399:at the 302:Namibia 290:Lesotho 266:, is a 210:, 1849) 164:Genus: 134:Order: 124:Class: 69: ( 533:700444 481:795715 330:elapid 310:Zambia 294:Malawi 262:), or 238:  227:  613:This 572:57869 515:IRMNG 507:30461 271:snake 208:Smith 619:stub 559:8607 554:NCBI 541:IUCN 528:ITIS 489:GBIF 468:HDSF 382:2023 365:2021 312:and 252:The 476:EoL 463:CoL 369:doi 664:: 582:: 580:RD 569:: 556:: 543:: 530:: 517:: 504:: 491:: 478:: 465:: 450:: 435:: 363:. 357:. 308:, 304:, 300:, 296:, 292:, 288:, 284:, 277:. 650:e 643:t 636:v 625:. 384:. 371:: 355:" 351:" 256:( 206:( 73:) 20:)

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Aspidelaps scutatus

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Serpentes
Elapidae
Aspidelaps
Binomial name
Smith

A. lubricus
venomous
snake
Elapidae
Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia

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