King Cobra in Name Only?

Ophiophagus hannah with a bifurcated tongue and an extended hood is one of the most famous snakes.

They are the longest snakes in the world, about 18 feet in length, originating from Southeast Asia. For cobra, these reptiles are very uncommon - they grow very large, eat other snakes, have relatively small hoods, roar when feeling anxious, use them for laying eggs I will. With all these in mind, are they likely to be just a nominal cobra?

In a recent study, "real cobra" is among the family called cobra, which is shown to be African (although a small number of species are disseminated to Asia). King Cobra is not a member of the Cobra family, they are the sole members of their own group, Cobra. After all, king of cobra may not be the king of the cobra family.

Though they are not "real cobra", the glasses are cousins ​​closely related to the cobra group, and the two families belong to the Elapid snake group.

Editor's note: July 16th is the world snake day. Please visit the reptile world at the Bronx Zoo, watch our King Cobra exhibition, and learn more about other snakes that need our protection. Please take a closer look at the WildView Zookeeper Story and the nearby Bronx Zoo and Zoo activities during the National Zooker's Week from July 14 to 22, 2018.

King Cobra is not regarded as a true cobra kind like other cobra in Cobra, but instead belongs to its own genus officafe gas. Its generic name is based on the tendency to eat other snakes and is known to attack larger snakes including Petton. It is difficult for a raised cobra to eat a snake in a rodent, and one breeder will feed them, they seem very cute. Morphologically, cobra snake has bigger head and narrow hat than other cobra species. The key to identifying them is the presence of a pair of large scales called the back head, behind the top of the head. These are behind the typical '9 plate' arrangement of typical colubrids and elapids, and are specific to King Cobra.

King Cobra can lift one-third of his body from the ground. Indeed, if an 18-foot long cobra is built, you can actually look down on a normal human. Like other snakes named cobra, King Cobra can also flatten the neck and give it a unique hood. When the King Cobra is threatened or attacked, crawl the ribs of the neck and lift it into the hood. False eyelashes on the hood can scare predators. The cobra snake lives in a large part of Southeast Asia and a dense plateau forest. Because it is excellent swimming, the king cobra lives first in the area where the lake and the stream are. Due to the destruction of forests, Cobra King was inclined in certain areas within that range, but nonetheless IUCN does not mention the risk of snakes becoming extinct. King Cobra is said to be the only serpent to use it to make eggs nest.

King Cobra is definitely a very dangerous snake, but I am pleased to escape unless it is irritated. Despite fame, King Cobra is actually more careful than many small snakes. Cobra attacks people only when turning the corner, protecting yourself, protecting eggs. For the whole range from India to Indonesia, King Cobra gives less than five deaths each year. This is about a fifth of the North American population. This action does not apply to nested women who may be attacked without provoking. On a threat display, these snakes lift the front of the body about 3 to 4 feet away (1 to 1.2 m) from the ground and chase the enemies at a considerable distance. King Cobra also pushes the ribs of the neck into the hood. It will take an upright posture without a hood to stretch to see the bushes and tall grass