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São Tomé Cobra
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IUCN EN · Endangered

São Tomé Cobra

Naja peroescobari

Naja peroescobari is a species of snake in the family Elapidae. It was previously considered as a forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) introduced by the Portuguese to limit proliferations by rats. The species are endemic to the island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. it was first founded in the area of Praia Inhame, southwest of Porto Alegre, a beach rarely used by tourists are two resorts are located, it is not far from the island's...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 606504.