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Basic information
Ophiophagus hannah
Hamadryad
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyElapid Snakes
GenusKing Cobras
- Czech name
- Kobra královská
- English name
- Hamadryad
- Alternative names
- King Cobra, King Cobra/Hamadryad, Königskobra, Northern King Cobra, Tu mama e maraka, 眼镜王蛇
- Synonyms
- Dendraspis bungarus, Dendraspis hannah borneensis, Dendraspis hannah brunnea, Dendraspis hannah bungarus, Dendraspis hannah elaps, Dendraspis hannah nordicus, Dendraspis hannah sinensis, Dendraspis hannah vittata, Hamadryas elaps, Hamadryas hannah, Hamadryas ophiophagus, Naja vittata
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Scrubland, Shrubland, Tropical moist broadleaf forest
- Microhabitat
- Ground, Plant litter, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 5,850 mm
- SVL
- max 5,700 mm
- Body mass
- max 17,723.3 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~21.9 g
- Offspring total length
- max 565 mm
- Offspring SVL
- max 440 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 22.5 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 20–51 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 74Q7K · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 16870 · dryad-v5