Vertebrate Zoology

king cobra

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

king co·bra • n. a cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), native to the Indian subcontinent, the largest of all venomous snakes. Also called hamadryad.

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) See ELAPIDAE.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "king cobra." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-kingcobra.html

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Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra) See ELAPIDAE.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "Ophiophagus hannah." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Ophiophagus hannah." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Ophiophagushannah.html

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Ophiophagus hannah." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Ophiophagushannah.html

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