Ophiophagus hannah

King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836)

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

Holotype: Unknown

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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 Name[edit]

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
Sunda: Totog
ไทย: งูจงอาง, งูเห่าช้าง, งูบองหลา
Türkçe: Kral kobra

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