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title: "Cape Cobra"
description: "Naja nivea — Répteis. The Cape cobra (Naja nivea), also called the yellow cobra, is a moderate-sized, highly venomous species of cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across southern Africa, including arid savanna, fynbos, bushveld, desert, and semidesert regions."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cape-cobra
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Cape Cobra

> Naja nivea — Répteis. The Cape cobra (Naja nivea), also called the yellow cobra, is a moderate-sized, highly venomous species of cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across southern Africa, including arid savanna, fynbos, bushveld, desert, and semidesert regions.

- Scientific name: *Naja nivea*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1624
- Wikidata: [Q1130416](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1130416)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30487](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30487)

## Names

- en: Cape Cobra
- de: Kapkobra
- es: Cobra del Cabo
- fr: Cobra du Cap
- nl: Kaapse cobra
- pl: Kobra przylądkowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1442), NA (45), BW (32)

## Summary

The Cape cobra (Naja nivea), also called the yellow cobra, is a moderate-sized, highly venomous species of cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across southern Africa, including arid savanna, fynbos, bushveld, desert, and semidesert regions.
The species is diurnal and is a feeding generalist, preying on a number of different species and carrion. Predators of this species include birds of prey, honey badgers, and various species of mongooses. The Cape cobra is also known as the geelslang (yellow snake) and bruinkapel (brown cobra) in South Africa. Afrikaans-speaking South Africans also refer to the Cape cobra…

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

## Photo

![Cape Cobra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-cobra/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jody Barends · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139232863

## Machine access

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