Aspidelaps
Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Species in the genus Aspidelaps are commonly called shield-nosed cobras or coral cobras after their cobra hoods and enlarged rostral scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in Aspidelaps as it is in Naja.Species
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aspidelaps.Venom
Aspidelaps venom is neurotoxic, and Aspidelaps bites have caused human deaths in a few cases.
