Aspidelaps

Taxobox
name = Aspidelaps


image_caption = Shield-nose cobra, "Aspidelaps scutatus"
image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Elapidae
genus = "Aspidelaps"
genus_authority = Fitzinger, 1843

"Aspidelaps" is a genus of venomous elapid snakes found in Africa. They are commonly called "shield-nosed cobras" after their cobra-hoods and enlarged rostral (nose) scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in "Aspidelaps" as it is in "Naja".

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