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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Venomous Snakes > Elapidae > Ophiophagus hannah
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Animal Population Groups > Animals, Poisonous > Venomous Snakes > Elapidae > Ophiophagus hannah
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Alethinophidia > Elapidae > Ophiophagus hannah

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Ophiophagus hannah  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cobra, King
  • King Cobra
  • King Cobras

Scope note

  • The longest of all venomous snakes and largest Elapid. It is not a member of the Naja genus, although its hood resembles the hood of Naja species. Its bite can deliver large quantities of neurotoxic and cardiotoxic venom, consisting primarily of ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS. King cobras are indigenous to forests of India and Southeast Asia.

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000073197

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