5. Common cobra, Indian cobra (Naja naja)
These cobras are native and very common in India and surrounding countries. They inhabit most various habitats, except very dry areas, and are also common in city and village suburbs and cultivated land. The average body length is around 1.5 meters. Although they vary in coloration, perhaps it is most recognizable by the pattern on its hood – pale in background color with a black mark on the rear side (a dark eye-shaped mark outlined in the white line). Encounters with people are not unusual, and so this snake has also been considered as one of the “Big four” of most dangerous Indian snakes.
