Naja naja
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The Indian cobra (Naja naja /nadʒa nadʒa/), also known commonly as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra, a venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent, and is a member of the "Big Four" species that are responsible for the most snakebite cases in Sri Lanka and India.
The Indian cobra is revered in Hindu mythology and culture, and is often seen with snake charmers. It is a protected species under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972). The generic name and the specific epithet naja is a Latinisation of the Sanskrit word nāga (नाग) meaning "cobra".
The Indian cobra is classified under the genus Naja of the family Elapidae. The genus was first described by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768. The species Naja naja was first described by the Swedish physician, zoologist, and botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus Naja was split into several subgenera based on various factors, including morphology, diet, and habitat. Naja naja is part of the subgenus Naja, along with all the other species of Asiatic cobras, including Naja kaouthia, Naja siamensis, Naja sputatrix, and the rest.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucknow | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Jodhpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Bondla Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Nehru Zoological Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Chhatbir Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Guadalajara Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | Schönbrunn Zoo | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 12 | Thiruvananthapuram Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Children's Park, Guindy | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Safari Masai Mara | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Reptile Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Cherkasy Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 17 | Crocodile Bank | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Haus des Meeres | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 19 | Thrissur Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 21 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 22 | hipopotamiarnia i akwarium morskie warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 23 | Snake House | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
No species of the same family or order lives in Keoladeo National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Cobra sighting in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 8 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Cobra in Keoladeo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Keoladeo National Park's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 5 mm in November. May and June have too few records to rate.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Cobra sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Keoladeo National Park, in our data
Keoladeo National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Indian Cobra sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Cobra is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Keoladeo National Park (11 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
