desert cobra
extremely poisonous snake with the ability to spread the ribs in the neck area so as to form a broad, flat profile; dark brown in color with a yellowish underside (and sometimes yellowish bands); Desert Cobra (Walterinnesia aegyptia) or Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje); unclean animal; associated with aggression and lurking danger; צִפְעֹנִי
“desert cobra.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/desert-cobra
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