Both species belong to different continents and ecosystems, with the King Cobra inhabiting forests in Asia and the Black Mamba dwelling in the savannas of Africa. Despite their similarities as ...

Africa’s largest true cobra is not one ... cobra (Naja subfulva), like this snake from western Kenya, are black and white, complicating their identification. Image by Wolfgang Wüster.

On an island off the coast of West Africa lives a deadly snake. Pictured above, it was thought to be an introduced species and plans were afoot to wipe it out. Now it turns out to be a species ...