A large nocturnal spitting cobra of southern Africa, with one or two white rings across the throat.
Hemachatus haemachatus, family Elapidae
Example sentencesExamples
- The Cape cobra and the rinkhals are dangerous, but they tend to be found more inland than along the coast.
- The south African ringhal cobra is the most venomous snake living in the world which could cause the death of the victim within 15 seconds of the attack.
- And hiding in over 50 varieties of grasses, are snakes: among them the deadly rinkhals and puff adders.