9-year-old girl dies after being bitten in bed by a cobra (Photos)

A nine-year-old girl was sadly found dead in her bed after she was reportedly bitten overnight by a cobra as she slept in Thailand.

The little girl identified as Prapawee Prawat went to sleep on a mattress laid out on the concrete floor of her family home in Surat Thani, at 7.30pm on Tuesday night.

Daily Mail reported that her lifeless body was found lying near the deadly two-metre snake by her grandparents on Wednesday morning.

Her grandmother and great-grandmother told police they found a cobra in her bed under the blanket. It was later killed by their neighbours.