Species Hierarchy
Kingdom ANIMAL (ANIMALIA)
Phylum BACKBONED ANIMALS (CHORDATA)
Class REPTILES (REPTILIA)
Order LIZARDS AND SNAKES (SQUAMATA)
Family SNAKES - COBRAS AND CORAL (ELAPIDAE)
SubFamily SNAKES - COBRAS AND CORALS - OLD WORLD (ELAPIDAE - OLD WORLD)
Common name: COBRA - EGYPTIAN
Scentific name: NAJA HAJE

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Species Info:

This lifeform is found in northern Africa. This lifeform is found in Asia Minor.

Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje) is probably the species that Cleopatra  used to commit suicide.

Cobras (Genus Naja) and the King Cobras (Genus Ophiophagus) are deadly poisonous snakes found in the Old World. Some of these kinds can also spit their venom.

Cobra and Coral Snake Group (Family Elapidae) is known for its deadly poisons. Some of the snakes in this group are small and  not dangerous unless handled, stepped on, or disturbed. However, their venom is very deadly and they should all be considered  potentially dangerous. There are almost 300 species in this family.

Lizards and Snakes (Squamata Order) share many common characteristics and consequently they are grouped in a single order. There are greater differences between some groups of lizards than there are between other groups of lizards and snakes. The same is true of snakes. Lizards and snakes share a common skull shape.

Reptiles (Class Reptilia) are an ancient group of scaled  chordates. These scales may be permanently joined, as in the  turtles, or flexible, as in the snakes. Reptiles are land-based. Their eggs are laid on land and the young are air breathing.

Backboned Animals (Phylum Chordata) are the most advanced group of animals on earth. These animals are characterized by having a spinal cord or backbone. Most members have a clearly defined brain that controls the organism through a spinal cord. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are in this phylum.

Currently, some taxonomists believe that the fish should be divided into two groups (sharks and regular fishes) and that there are some other primitive groups in the phylum such as hagfish or lampreys.

Animal Kingdom contains numerous organisms that feed on other animals or plants. Included in the animal kingdom are the lower marine invertebrates such as sponges and corals, the jointed legged animals such as insects and spiders, and the backboned animals such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

 

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