Ophiophagus hannah

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Ophiophagus
Species: Ophiophagus hannah

Name

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

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

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

Primary references

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

беларуская: Каралеўская кобра
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