VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

INDIAN (MONOCLED) COBRA

• Also called as ‘Monocellate cobra’
• Medium to large sized snakes
• Shiny scales
• Wide head and neck
• Poisonous snake and is common in eastern India
• Feeds on rats,squirrels, toads, frogs etc.
• Distinctive hood mark is present that is different from that of the spectacled cobra
• Average length: 1 mt and at birth it is about 20 cm only