Ophiophagus hannah

King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Ophiophagus
Species: Ophiophagus hannah

Name

Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836)

Type locality: “Sunderbuns” (= E India, West Bengal, Sunderbans) and “jungle not far from Calcutta

Holotype: Unknown

Synonyms

• Hamadryas hannah Cantor, 1836
• Naja bungarus Schlegel, 1837
• Hamadryas ophiophagus Cantor, 1838
• Naja vittata Elliott, 1840
• Dendraspis bungarus Fitzinger, 1843
• Hamadryas elaps Günther, 1858
• Ophiophagus elaps — Günther, 1864
• Naja ingens Van Hasselt, 1882
• Naia bungarus — Wall, 1908
• Naja hannah — Taylor, 1922
• Naja hannah — Smith, 1943
• Ophiophagus hannah — Bogert, 1945
• Naja hannah — Tweedie, 1954
• Dendraspis hannah hannah — Deraniyagala, 1960
• Dendraspis hannah borneensis Deraniyagala, 1960
• Dendraspis hannah bungarus Deraniyagala, 1960
• Dendraspis hannah elaps Deraniyagala, 1960
• Dendraspis hannah sinensis Deraniyagala, 1960
• Dendraspis hannah vittata Deraniyagala, 1960
• Dendraspis hannah brunnea Deraniyagala, 1961
• Dendraspis hannah nordicus Deraniyagala, 1961
• Ophiophagus hannah — Welch, 1994
• Ophiophagus hannah — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997
• Ophiophagus hannah — Cox et al., 1998

References

• Cantor, T. E. 1838. A notice of the Hamadryas, a genus of hooded serpent with poisonous fangs and maxillary teeth. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1838: 72–75
• Cantor,T.E. 1836. Sketch of undescribed hooded serpent with fangs and maxillar teeth. Asiat. Res., Calcutta, 19: 87–94
• Ophiophagus hannah – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Ophiophagus hannah at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 Jule 2009.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Каралеўская кобра
বাংলা: শঙ্খচূড়
Deutsch: Königskobra
English: King Cobra
magyar: Királykobra
Bahasa Indonesia: Ular anang
日本語: キングコブラ
Jawa: Lanang
polski: Kobra królewska
русский: Королевская кобра
Sunda: Totog
ไทย: งูจงอาง, งูเห่าช้าง, งูบองหลา
Türkçe: Kral kobra

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