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title: "Mozambique Spitting Cobra"
description: "Naja mossambica — Gady. The Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) is a highly venomous species of spitting cobra in the family Elapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mozambique-spitting-cobra
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mozambique Spitting Cobra

> Naja mossambica — Gady. The Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) is a highly venomous species of spitting cobra in the family Elapidae.

- Scientific name: *Naja mossambica*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 700
- Wikidata: [Q183062](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183062)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30488](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30488)

## Names

- en: Mozambique Spitting Cobra
- de: Mosambik-Speikobra
- fr: Cobra cracheur du Mozambique

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (464), ZW (44), MZ (38), MW (27), BW (23), SZ (19), ZM (19), NA (14)

## Summary

The Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) is a highly venomous species of spitting cobra in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Africa, and it is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique_spitting_cobra

## Photo

![Mozambique Spitting Cobra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mozambique-spitting-cobra/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dan Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338857713

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mozambique-spitting-cobra?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).