Video: How to tell apart the cobra species found in Vietnam
To many people, a cobra is simply any snake that can spread its hood. Look more closely, however, and there are about 32 species of true cobras (genus Naja), three of which are found in Vietnam.
So which cobras are they? Watch the video below to learn about the cobra species that live within Vietnam's territory.
Local names of Vietnam's three cobra species:
- 1. Rắn hổ mang đất (monocled cobra): Found throughout Vietnam + Common names: rắn hổ đất, rắn bành đen, rắn phì đen, rắn hổ mun.
- 2. Rắn hổ mèo (Indochinese spitting cobra): Found in southern Vietnam + Common names: rắn hổ mèo, rắn hổ chuối.
- 3. Chinese cobra (rắn hổ mang Trung Quốc): Found in the northern provinces of Vietnam + Common names: rắn hổ mang hoa, bành hoa, bành trắng, phì trắng...
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