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King Cobra
{{Taxobox
| name = King Cobra
| status = VulnerableU
| status_system = iucn3.1
| image = KINGCOBRA.jpg
| image_width = 250
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Elapidae]]
| genus = '''''Ophiophagus'''''
| species = '''''O. hannah'''''
| binomial = ''Ophiophagus hannah''
| binomial_authority = [[Theodore Edward Cantor|Cantor]], 1836
| range_map = Distribution O. hannah.png
| range_map_width = 250px
| range_map_caption = {{legend|#c20000|border=1px solid #aaaaaa|Distribution of the King Cobra}}
}}

The '''King Cobra''' (''Ophiophagus hannah'') is a [[species]] of the [[Elapidae]] [[Family_(biology)|family]]. It is the world's longest [[venomous snake]] with a length that can be as large as 5.6&nbsp;m (18.5&nbsp;ft).<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/123394/cobra|title=Cobra|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=2010-10-10}}</ref><ref name="mehrtens">{{cite book |last= Mehrtens|first= John||title= Living Snakes of the World |year= 1987|publisher= Sterling |location= New York|isbn= 0806964618}}</ref> This species is found in a number of areas, found throughout south-eastern [[Asia]] and into [[Pakistan]] and [[India]].  Its [[genus]] name, '''''Ophiophagus''''', literally means "snake-eater", and its diet primarily consists of other snakes, including larger pythons and even smaller members of its own species.  The venom of the King Cobra is primarily [[Neurotoxin|neurotoxic]], and the snake is fully capable of killing a human with [[snake bite|a single bite]].<ref name="SS">{{cite book | last = Capula | first = Massimo | coauthors = Behler | title = Simon & Schuster's Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of the World | year = 1989|publisher = Simon & Schuster | location= New York | isbn= 0671690981}}</ref>  The mortality rate can be as high as 75% without [[antivenom]].<ref name="SS"/><ref name="ophitoxaemia">{{cite web| title = Ophitoxaemia (venomous snake bite)| url = http://www.priory.com/med/ophitoxaemia.htm| accessdate = 2007-09-05 }}</ref><ref name ="thomas">{{cite web| url = http://www.seanthomas.net/oldsite/danger.html| title =  One most Dangerous Snakes in the World| author = Sean Thomas| accessdate = 2007-09-05 }}</ref>

==Other websites==
*[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kingcobra/av/hiss.ram Real Audio format of a King Cobra hissing]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Other websites==
{{CommonsCompact|Category:Ophiophagus hannah}}
{{WSp|Ophiophagus hannah}}


{{Biology-stub}}

[[Category:Elapidae]]

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[[az:Kral kobrası]]
[[bn:শঙ্খচূড়]]
[[be:Каралеўская кобра]]
[[be-x-old:Каралеўская кобра]]
[[bg:Кралска кобра]]
[[ca:Cobra reial]]
[[ceb:Ophiophagus hannah]]
[[cs:Kobra královská]]
[[da:Kongekobra]]
[[de:Königskobra]]
[[en:King cobra]]
[[es:Ophiophagus hannah]]
[[eu:Errege-kobra]]
[[fa:شاه کبرا]]
[[fr:Cobra royal]]
[[ko:킹코브라]]
[[hi:नागराज (सांप)]]
[[id:Ular anang]]
[[it:Ophiophagus hannah]]
[[he:רב פתן מלכותי]]
[[jv:Ula anang]]
[[kn:ಕಾಳಿಂಗ ಸರ್ಪ]]
[[ka:სამეფო კობრა]]
[[kk:Патша кеңалқым жылан]]
[[lt:Karališkoji kobra]]
[[hu:Királykobra]]
[[ml:രാജവെമ്പാല]]
[[mr:नागराज]]
[[ms:Ular Tedung Selar]]
[[mn:Хаан наж могой]]
[[nl:Koningscobra]]
[[ja:キングコブラ]]
[[no:Kongekobra]]
[[pl:Kobra królewska]]
[[pt:Cobra-real]]
[[ro:Cobra regală]]
[[ru:Королевская кобра]]
[[sa:काळिङ्गसर्पः]]
[[sk:Ophiophagus]]
[[sl:Kraljeva kobra]]
[[srn:Kownukronsneki]]
[[fi:Kuningaskobra]]
[[sv:Kungskobra]]
[[ta:கருநாகம்]]
[[te:కింగ్ కోబ్రా]]
[[th:งูจงอาง]]
[[tr:Kral kobra]]
[[uk:Королівська кобра]]
[[vi:Rắn hổ mang chúa]]
[[zh-yue:過山烏]]
[[zh:眼镜王蛇]]