While the members of the genus
Naja constitute the true cobras, the name
cobra is also applied to these other genera and species: • The
rinkhals, ringhals or ring-necked spitting cobra (
Hemachatus haemachatus) so-called for its neck band as well as its habit of rearing upwards and producing a hood when threatened • The
king cobra or hamadryad (
Ophiophagus hannah) • The two species of tree cobras, Goldie's tree cobra (
Pseudohaje goldii) and the black tree cobra (
Pseudohaje nigra) • The two species of shield-nosed cobras, the Cape coral snake (
Aspidelaps lubricus) and the
shield-nosed cobra (
Aspidelaps scutatus) • The two species of black desert cobras or desert black snakes,
Walterinnesia aegyptia and
Walterinnesia morgani, neither of which rears upwards and produces a hood when threatened • The eastern coral snake or American cobra (
Micrurus fulvius), which also does not rear upwards and produce a hood when threatened The false water cobra (
Hydrodynastes gigas) is the only "cobra" species that is not a member of the Elapidae. It does not rear upwards, produces only a slight flattening of the neck when threatened, and is only mildly venomous. ==Notes==