Ophiophagus hannah
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Ophiophagus
Species: Ophiophagus hannah
Name
[edit]Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836)
- Syntypes (n=4): lost or untraceable.
- Neotype: ZSI 8292, ♀, collected by John Anderson. [designated by Das et al. (2024: 12)]
- Type locality: “Sunderbuns” and “jungle not far from Calcutta”, redesignated by neotype designation to “India; West Bengal State, Kolkata, Howrah, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Indian Botanical Gardens; 22.55° N, 88.29° E” by Das et al. (2024: 12).
Combinations
[edit]- Hamadryas hannah Cantor, 1836: 87 [original combination]
- Naja hannah — Taylor, 1922 [subsequent combination]
- Ophiophagus hannah — Bogert, 1945 [subsequent combination]
- Dendraspis hannah — Deraniyagala, 1955 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- Hamadryas ophiophagus Cantor, 1838: 187 [replacement name for Hamadryas hannah]
- Naia Vittata Elliot, 1840: 41 (sic, for vittata)
- Dendraspis hannah sinensis Deraniyagala, 1960: 62
- Dendraspis hannah nordicus Deraniyagala, 1961: 229
- Dendraspis hannah brunnea Deraniyagala, 1961: 229
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Cantor, T.E. 1836. Sketch of undescribed hooded serpent with fangs and maxillar teeth. Asiat. Res. 19: 87–94.
- 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.
- Das, I., Gowri Shankar, P., Swamy, P., Williams, R.C., Lalremsanga, H.T., Prashanth, P., Sahoo, G., Vijayakumar, S.P., Höglund, J., Shanker, K., Dutta, S.K., Ganesh, S.R. & Wüster, W. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 961: 1–51. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.961.2681 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]বাংলা: শঙ্খচূড়
Deutsch: Königskobra
English: Northern King Cobra
magyar: Királykobra
Bahasa Indonesia: Ular anang
日本語: キングコブラ
Jawa: Lanang
မြန်မာဘာသာ: တောကြီးမြွေဟောက်, ငန်းပုပ်
polski: Kobra królewska
русский: Королевская кобра
Sunda: Totog
ไทย: งูจงอาง, งูเห่าช้าง, งูบองหลา
Türkçe: Kral kobra