Bronx Zoo Cobra:The missing Egyptian cobra was found

The Egyptian cobra at the Bronx Zoo that had been missing for seven days

has been located, officials said on Thursday.

The cobra is “alive and well,” James J. Breheny, the zoo’s director, told dozens of reporters who had gathered for a 4 p.m. news conference at the zoo. The adolescent snake was found inside a non-public area of the zoo’s Reptile House, and was in “really good condition,” he said.

Mr. Breheny said the snake, which is 24 inches long, weighs about 3 ounces, and is believed to be several months old, would rest for a short period of time before being put back on exhibit. She was found coiled in a secluded dark corner — “almost exactly as we would have predicted,” Mr. Breheny said — and was caught at 9 a.m. using tongs and a piece of equipment he compared to a golf club. He said the snake avoided detection because it was lurking in an area with an “extremely complicated” system of equipment and a “labyrinth of pipes.”more