- A serpent primarily - Aesop’s odd viper - African snake - As quiet as a ... - As quiet as a snake - Banderas played the part of Cleopatra’s killer - Cleopatra's serpent
- The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the
cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck
into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake
by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is
sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.