Cobra (King)
King Cobra: Ophiophagus hanna
Distribution: Mainland India, southern China, south-east Asia.
Cobra
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name for African and Asian snakes of the family Elapidae that are equipped with inflatable neck hoods.
Cobra A very poisonous snake native to Africa and Asia. The common Cobra of India and the Egyptian cobra are often used by snake charmers.
Cobras are venomous snakes of family Elapidae, of several genera. (Elapidae also include the taipans, brown snakes, tiger snakes, fierce snakes, coral snakes, mambas, and sea snakes.) Cobras generally inhabit tropical and desert regions of Asia and ...
Cobras
Physical Charecteristics
The Cobra can slither on land, climb on trees, and swim on water; it often lives near water. It has a life span of about 20 years.
King CobraOphiophagus hannah
Location and Habitat
King cobras are located throughout southeast Asia. They can be found in parts of India, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.
King Cobra Characteristics
The king cobra, if challenged, responds by aggressively raising the forward third of its body, with its head several feet above the ground, and spreading the iconic hood around its neck.
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Cobra
Cobra is the name popularly applied to African and Asian snakes of the family Elapidae ...
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King cobra
Ophiophagus hannah
Venomous
Reaching a length of 18 feet, the king cobra is the longest of all venomous snakes.
King Cobra Stats
Scientific Name: Ophiophagus hannah
Family: Elapidae
Adult Size: This is the largest venomous snake, commonly 12 to 14 feet long, with a record of over 16 feet. Large specimens may weigh more than 20 pounds.
The Cape Cobra is considered the most venomous African cobra, and is the cause of sudden snake bite fatalities. This snake is aggressive and will rear with its hood spread and advance in this posture if it is surprised or pursued.
The coral snakes and cobras have earned a reputation as lethal killers with their poisonous venom. However, the Elapidae family also includes sea snakes, which are relatively harmless.
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King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
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King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
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Class: Reptilia
Status: IUCN: Not listed; CITES: Appendix ll
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Indian elephants confront a king cobra at a rainforest pool.
The Symptoms of Cobra Poison. - Burning pain, followed by sleepiness and weakness in the legs after half an hour. Then profuse salivation, paralysis of the tongue and larynx, and inability to speak. Vomiting, incapacity of movement.
Family Elapidae (cobras, coral snakes, and kraits)
Family Hydrophiidae (sea snakes)
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Then the head and a large portion of the neck are flattened out through the use of specialized rib bones, similar to those of the highly venomous cobras found elsewhere in the world.
Heterodon platyrhinos will fan its head and neck much like a cobra when alarmed. Loud and prolonged hissing is accompanied by short jabs with the head as often away from the attacker as toward it.
When first alarmed, this bluffer coils, flattens its head and neck to form a cobra-like hood, inflates its body, hisses fiercely, and strikes violently. The strike-usually made with the mouth closed-almost always falls short of the target.
Miscellaneous: Coral snakes are members of the family Elapidae, which includes the cobras and mambas. When the eastern coral snake bites, it usually holds tightly while the venom takes effect.
Sea snakes are found in the Family Hydrophiidae, and are close relatives to elapids (cobras and kraits). All have fixed fangs and potent venom. Sea snakes are air breathers and must surface to breathe.
This snake is related to the Old World cobras, kraits and mambas. While their disposition is rather mild, these snakes are extremely quick and can bite when least expected they do not 'strike' like most snakes, ...
Miscellaneous: When threatened, hognose snakes hiss loudly and spread their necks like cobras do, resulting in the nicknames “puff adder' or “spreading adder.' They rarely bite during these displays, but they may strike repeatedly.
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The black widow spider, although small, has extremely dangerous venom that is said to be more potent than the venom of a cobra.
When disturbed, they flatten their head out like a cobra to make it look more dangerous. Despite the looks, Hognose Snakes are quite harmless and will often play dead when harassed. These photos are all of the same individual.
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Cobras, stonefish, black widow spiders and scorpions use neurotoxins. Other venom (hemotoxin) attacks the circulatory system, causing pain, swelling and changes in the blood. Rattlesnakes, vipers and some spiders use hemotoxins.
Carnivore. Snakes (puff adders and cobras), large insects, hares, reptiles, and rodents.
Predators and Threats
Eagles, snakes, large carnivores, and humans.
Once a Mamba was found with a parrot in its stomach, another with a full grown Forest Cobra! It will strike a large animal and then release it. It then stalks their victim until it becomes paralyzed.
venomous or not). This species, in fact, is an Elapid. Its closest relatives are Cobras, Mambas, and Seasnakes.
This snake is also known as the "Kill a Fellow" Snake or Tricolored Snake.
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The feathers of the crown and forehead are light grayish white, while the cheeks, ear coverts and nape are dark ashy gray, which they raise (or fluff) during threat displays, producing a distinctive cobra-like look.
Poisonous snakes abound in all tropical rain forests-bushmasters and coral snakes in South and Central America and cobras in Africa and Asia, to name just a handful-and you'll always find a few crocodilians, ...
In its homeland, India, where it may still be found wild in the jungles, the peacock is both popular and useful in that it feeds on young cobras. It utters an unpleasant wailing cry, especially before a rainfall.
They are opportunistic carnivores that feed on rats, mice, snakes, lizards, eggs, insects and occasionally, fruit. The Indian grey mongoose is renowned for killing cobras, ...
Sometimes this venom can be quite dangerous in species like cobras, rattlesnakes, kraits, vipers, and sea snakes.
Meerkats are very important in the food chain, cleaning up small insects, rodents, and lizards. This relative of the mongoose is prey for birds of prey, jackals, wild cats, cobras.
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If startled this snake may play dead, rattle it's tail like a rattlesnake, or flatten it's head like a cobra. It prefers Pine Barrens with sandy soils and ample basking areas. Mates from May to late June.
They have a marvelous repertoire of display behaviors, including death feigning and spreading a hood like a cobra. This harmless animal feeds mainly on toads, and is one of the few snakes that can dig holes, by use of a shovel shaped snout.
When confronted, hognose snakes often put on an elaborate threat display: they hiss; spread the skin around their head and neck (like a cobra), and feign striking. Eventually, they will even play dead, rolling on their back and opening their mouth.
Florida, in February, 2007. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 500mm F/4 L IS lens. Note the way the wind is blowing the feathers of the bird's neck, just below the head, into a "cobra-like" fan.
Then comes the 'rushing' phase when the birds look at each other before exploding into a sprint across the water's surface. Each grebe stands high, with its wings held back and its cobra-like head and neck rigid.
Even dead snakes can be dangerous as venom can crystallise within the fang of a dead snake and remain potent for years. Do not touch the fangs of even very dead snakes, such as stuffed cobras.
When confronted, the hognose snake will suck in air, spread the skin around its head and neck like a cobra, hiss, and lunge as if to strike. Despite this rather convincing show, hognose snakes almost never bite.
The most common snake of the Pinelands may be the Northern Water Snake. Surely the most bizarre snake of the area is the Eastern Hognose, also known as the Puff Adder, since it often spreads its neck, cobra-like, when alarmed.
 See also: Snake, Reptile, Lizard, Coral, Rattlesnake
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