Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes : Elapidae), with the description of two new species

• Main Authors: Indraneil, Das, P. Gowri, Shankar, Priyanka, Swamy, Rhiannon C., Williams, Hmar Tlawmte, LALREMSANGA, P., PRASHANTH, Gunanidhi, Sahoo, S.P., Vijayakumar, Jacob, Hoglund, Kartik, Shanker, Sushil K., Dutta, S.R., Ganesh, Wolfgang, Wüster
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EJT Consortium 2024
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46331/1/665-%20Das%20et%20al.%20%28Ophiophagus%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46331/; https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2681; https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.961.2681
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The taxonomy of king cobras (Ophiophagus) was reevaluated using qualitative, mensural and meristic characters, based on 148 entire and five skeletal specimens, and supported by a recent molecular phylogenetic analysis. We provide nomenclatural synopses of both the genus and species- series nomina. W...