Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4680574-20141113053414/@comment-25035274-20141114125347

Actually, Kuruni, the Apophis is very much a cobra-type Lamia. Right down to the hood.

That said, I assume that their personality is just based on whatever traits the writer assigns, outside of the traits that are common to a specific sub-species. And even those common traits don't always apply, according to KC.