Nagini: If she's not a Horcrux, what the heck is she?

[sdeepthi]

No: HPFGUIDX 171962

> Lisa:

> Nagini is a python; the snake Harry freed was a boa constrictor.

Deepthi:
Where in canon is it stated that Nagini is a python? I always
assumed that it was a cobra or some other venomous snake.
Nagini is an Indian name for a female cobra, and Nagini is
always referred to as "she" or "her" in the books, never
"him".

- Deepthi