Ophiophagus bungarus

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 bungarus

Name

Ophiophagus bungarus (Schlegel, 1837)

• Lectotype: RMNH 1334, ♂, collected by Heinrich Boie and Heinrich Macklot in April 1827. [designated by Das et al. (2024: 20)]
• Type locality: “Indonesia, Java, Java Barat Province, Tjihao or Cihoe or Tji Hoe; 6.43° S, 107.13° E”.

Combinations

• Naja bungarus Schlegel, 1837: 184 [original combination]
• Ophiophagus bungarus — Das et al., 2024: 19 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Naja bungaroides Boie, 1828a: 250 (nomen nudum)
• Naja bungaroidea [sic] Wagler, 1830: 342
• Hoplocephalus bungaroides Wagler, 1830: 342, by implication
• Naja ingens van Hasselt, 1858: 141
• Dimeresurus boiei Bleeker, 1858: 263 (nomen nudum)
• Dendraspis hannah borneensis Deraniyagala, 1960: 61

References

Primary references

• Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. BHL Reference page.  
• 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

English: Sunda King Cobra