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Shield-nosed cobra

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596: 75: 50: 207: 31: 305:. They can survive between 20 and 28 years in captivity, though this age is normally not attained in the wild due to predation, accidents, etc. This species of snake is highly venomous, and has been attributed to at least one reported death of a human, despite its propensity to bite being somewhat low. The venom is highly 573: 676: 503: 542: 656: 477: 637: 516: 521: 671: 383: 547: 595: 442: 666: 630: 362: 74: 196: 681: 623: 534: 508: 404: 179: 611: 560: 464: 339: 8: 661: 220: 39: 69: 555: 451: 568: 357: 456: 607: 427: 314: 650: 529: 348: 59: 54: 294: 490: 436: 389: 482: 306: 286: 156: 495: 310: 86: 398: 603: 421: 318: 302: 274: 270: 263: 256: 206: 146: 126: 106: 30: 290: 278: 116: 469: 298: 282: 96: 259: 136: 337: 321:
snake should be treated as an urgent medical emergency.
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Serpentes
Elapidae
Aspidelaps
Binomial name
Smith

A. lubricus
venomous
snake
Elapidae
Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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