10/14/2025
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เธเธนเธเธเธญเธฒเธ (๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด)
เธเธนเธชเธดเธเธซเธฑเธงเธเธฒเธ (๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฏ)
(Ophiophagus hannah)
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๐ฃ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a venomous snake endemic to Asia.
It is not taxonomically a true cobra, despite its common name and some resemblance.
The King Cobra's average size is 10-12 feet, but can reach 18 feet. The full grown King Cobra is yellow, green, brown, or black. There are usually yellowish or white cross-bars or chevrons on its body. The belly may be uniform in color or ornamented with bars. The throat is light yellow or cream-colored. The juveniles are jet-black, with yellow or white cross-bars on the body and tail and four similar cross-bars on the head. The King Cobra is regarded as a fierce and aggressive snake, and its length and size give it an awesome appearance.
The threat display of this elapid includes spreading its neck-flap, raising its head upright, making eye contact, puffing, hissing and occasionally charging. Given the size of the snake, it is capable of striking at a considerable range and height, sometimes sustaining a bite. Envenomation from this species is medically significant and may result in a rapid fatality unless antivenom is administered in time. Despite the species' fearsome reputation, aggression toward humans usually only arises from an individual inadvertently exposing itself or being cornered.
The king cobra is also referred to by the common name "hamadryad", especially in older literature. Hamadryas hannah was the scientific name used by Danish naturalist Theodore Edward Cantor in 1836 who described four king cobra specimens, three captured in the Sundarbans and one in the vicinity of Kolkata Naja bungarus was proposed by Hermann Schlegel in 1837 who described a king cobra zoological specimen from Java.In 1838, Cantor proposed the name Hamadryas ophiophagus for the king cobra and explained that it has dental features intermediate between the genera Naja and Bungarus.Naia vittata proposed by Walter Elliot in 1840 was a king cobra caught offshore near Chennai that was floating in a basket.Hamadryas elaps proposed by Albert Gรผnther in 1858 were king cobra specimens from the Philippines and Borneo. Gรผnther considered both N. bungarus and N. vittata a variety of H. elaps.The genus Ophiophagus was proposed by Gรผnther in 1864.The name is derived from its propensity to eat snakes.
Threatened by habitat destruction, it has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2010. Regarded as the national reptile of India, it has an eminent position in the mythology and folk traditions of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
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These snakes are diurnal(active by day) whereas other cobras are commonly active in the evening but not exclusively nocturnal(active by night). Although the King Cobra is undoubtedly a very dangerous snake, it prefers to escape unless it is cornered or provoked. This is not true of nesting females, which may attack without provocation. When in a threat display, these snakes can raise the anterior part of their body about one meter off the ground and are able to follow their enemy in this position over considerable distances.
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King Cobras are oviparous and lay 21-40 eggs. The female pushes leaves and branches into a nest pile where the eggs are incubated by the elevated temperatures of decomposition. The female remains on top of the nest to guard the eggs, and the male also remains close by. During the brood care period, the king cobra tends to be very aggressive toward approaching humans. Breeding usually occurs from January through April. The eggs of the king cobra incubate during spring and summer, hatching in the fall.
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Ophiophagus hannah normally restricts its diet to cold-blooded animals, particularly other snakes. Some specimens develop a rigid diet of a single species of snake and will refuse any other type.
It preys chiefly on other snakes, including those of its own kind.
The snakes eaten by the King Cobra are mostly the larger harmless species, such as Asian rat snakes, dhamans, and pythons up to about 10 feet in length.
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The king cobra has a wide distribution in South and Southeast Asia. It occurs up to an elevation of 2,000 m (6,600 ft) from the Terai in India and southern Nepal to the Brahmaputra River basin in Bhutan and northeast India, Bangladesh and to Myanmar, southern China, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
(Northern India, east of the southern People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong and Hainan; south throughout the Malay Peninsula, and east to western Indonesia and the Philippines).
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PC: Monica Beaird
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Snakes play a vital role in our ecosystem by controlling pest populations and maintaining balance. By appreciating and understanding these incredible reptiles, we can reduce fear and promote coexistence.
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