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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Photo: Largest Spitting Cobra Found -- New Species


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This snake is not only the newest of the spitting cobra family—it's also the biggest and the most venomous.

A recent blood and tissue analysis confirms long-held beliefs that the 9-foot-long (274-centimeter-long) Ashe's spitting cobra is its own species.

(See more pictures of the new snake.)

Photograph courtesy Anthony Childs/WildlifeDirect