The serpent is alive and under observation and will be on view to the public again if the planned checkup finds it in good condition, according to zoo officials cited by the online edition of the New York Daily News.
The search team caught the hooded snake Thursday with some special tongs and hooks inside the Reptile House at the zoo, which the cobra had never left.
Zoo workers brought the Egyptian cobra out of hiding with a scattering of wood shavings that rats and mice use for nesting around the building, according to the CNN online edition, so that it would smell like mealtime to the serpent and lure it into the open.
The Reptile House has been closed since last Friday, when authorities noticed that the 50-centimeter (20-inch) cobra was missing, a dangerous situation since its fangs inject venom that will kill a person in less than 15 minutes.
Zoo authorities have now been proved right who said earlier that the snake would undoubtedly seek somewhere to hide, since such reptiles are averse to open spaces.
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