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  2. King cobra - Wikipedia

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    The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a species complex of snakes endemic to Asia.With an average of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft) and a record length of 5.85 m (19.2 ft), [2] it is the world's longest venomous snake and among the heaviest.

  3. Ophiophagus kaalinga - Wikipedia

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    Ophiophagus kaalinga is endemic to the Western Ghats in southwestern India, found in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and parts of Maharashtra. Its range extends from the Ashambu hills near Kanyakumari through various mountain ranges, including the Agasthyamalai and Cardamom hills, reaching elevations of about 100 m to 1800 m above sea level ...

  4. Ophiophagus bungarus - Wikipedia

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    Ophiophagus bungarus, the Sunda king cobra, is a species of king cobra that inhabits areas south of the Kra Isthmus or land bridge joining the Malay Peninsula with the rest of southeast Asia or Indochina.

  5. Ophiophagus salvatana - Wikipedia

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    Ophiophagus salvatana Gowri Shankar, Das & Wüster, 2024 The Luzon king cobra ( Ophiophagus salvatana ) is a species of king cobra that is endemic to the island of Luzon in northern Philippines .

  6. Naja - Wikipedia

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    Several other elapid species are also called "cobras", such as the king cobra and the rinkhals, but neither is a true cobra, in that they do not belong to the genus Naja, but instead each belong to monotypic genera Hemachatus (the rinkhals) [1] and Ophiophagus (the king cobra/hamadryad).

  7. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

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    In his landmark publications, such as the Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus used a ranking scale limited to kingdom, class, order, genus, species, and one rank below species. Today, the nomenclature is regulated by the nomenclature codes. There are seven main taxonomic ranks: kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species.

  8. New species, including "blob-headed" fish, identified across ...

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    A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

  9. Indian cobra - Wikipedia

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    The species is native to the Indian subcontinent, and is a member of the "big four" species that are responsible for the most snakebite cases in India. [6] [7] It is distinct from the king cobra, which belongs to the monotypic genus Ophiophagus. The Indian cobra is revered in Hindu mythology and culture, and is often seen with snake charmers.