Species Profile
Naja naja
Indian cobra
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Naja naja inhabits terrestrial habitats.
Carnivorous and nocturnal.
Common in Indian subcontinent.
Size & Structure
01
Hood with spectacle mark
02
Long cylindrical body
03
Smooth scales
04
Brown or black colour
Naja naja — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (bony)
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Controls rodent population
Predator in food chain
Maintains balance
Economic Importance
Antivenom production
Medical importance
Cultural significance