Rescued spectacled cobra from Bhatigari community forest

Mithila Wildlife Trust helps to rescue animals in the different villages of Dhanusha. We rescue all animals near Dhanusha without harming them we send them to their place safely and protect that locality from that area. Today we rescued snake from Mithila Municipality- 4  in Pushpalpur village.

This snake is rescued during the survey done in Dhanusha. While we do survey we are mostly aiming to keep all the animals safe. During, that time we rescued spectacled cobra near a house where we are staying during our survey at Bhatigari community forest. Our team member Ganesh had rescued it and locals are really appreciating our work and getting influenced by it.

Its distribution is recorded throughout the lower mountains of Nepal up to 1600 meter altitude. It is found in forests, grasslands, agricultural lands, and residential areas.  It is a smooth-scaled snake with black eyes, a wide neck and head, and a medium-sized body. Its coloring varies from black to dark brown, to a creamy white. The body is usually covered with a spectacled white or yellow pattern, which sometimes forms ragged bands. The Indian cobra may grow from 1.8m to 2.2.

The spectacled cobra feeds on rodents, lizards, and frogs. It bites quickly and then waits while its venom damages the nervous system of the prey, paralyzing and often killing it. Like all snakes, N. naja swallows its prey whole. This species sometimes enters buildings in search of rodent prey. Although the Spectacled Cobra is not an endangered species, it has recently been hunted for its distinctive hood markings in the production of handbags. It is listed under the CITES treaty because it closely resembles other species that are threatened and in need of protection.