Naja is a Sanskrit phrase for snake.
animal information in english southern Africa there are seven cobra species, plus one subspecies. These snakes are all are nicely adapted and happen in thick coastal forest in the east, into bushveld and throughout the dry regions of the west. In Southern Africa cobras are mostly absent from high altitude mountainous regions. Nonetheless, we will include the Rinkhals in this e-newsletter (although it's not a true cobra) which does thrive in high altitude grasslands.
