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{{Taxobox
| name = King Cobra Snake
| status = VU
| 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==
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==Other websites==
{{CommonsCompact|Category:Ophiophagus hannah}}
{{WSp|Ophiophagus hannah}}


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[[Category:Elapidae]]