For nearly 200 years, the king cobra was believed to be a single species found across south and southeast Asia. A new study 1 has revealed that the renowned reptile comprises four distinct species ...

A new study has revealed that the world’s longest venomous snake, the king cobra, is not a single species, as previously ...

The banded water cobra (Naja annulata) is a semi-aquatic species native to Central Africa. It prefers rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps, where it preys on fish and amphibians. Unlike many cobra ...

The banded water cobra (Naja annulata) is a semi-aquatic species native to Central Africa. It prefers rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps, where it preys on fish and amphibians. Unlike many cobra ...

For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single species, Ophiophagus hannah. But this widely distributed species shows huge differences in body coloration and other physical ...

Till now, Ophiophagus hannah, described by Theodore Cantor in 1836, was seen as the only species of king cobra in the world.