King Of Snake's

Ophiophagus hannah was accepted that king cobra is valid name for it because he is very different and much venomous in Naja specie's. King cobra is regarded is fierce and aggresive snake and it's length gave him an awful appearance. The deadly fang of king cobra is too short because it is fixed to upper jaw's. Instead of it's shortness it is much venomous.

The Basic: What Is King Cobra?

King Cobras are venomous and large snake native to Asia. They are known as king because they can eat other cobra's. They are extremely large snake reaching up to size of 18 feet. They have distinctive hood which expand when they threatened and it give more dangerous look. A full grown king is yellow, green, brown, or black and yellow-white cross bars on chevron's.

Habitat And Distribution

This native creature live in northern India, east to southern China, east to western Indonesia and Phillipines. King cobra inhabit a variety of environment's, from dense forest's and grass land's to swamp's and river valley. They are most commonly found in tropical and sub tropical regions. They also prefer agricultural area and mangrove swamp's.

Physical Feature's

As the longest and venomous snake in the world they command respect and curiosity. King cobra exhibit's the distinctive behaviour that make them king of snake's. Their scales are smooth and come's in various range of colour's from olive green to black, often with pale or yellowish band's. One of their most recognisable feature is large and expandable hood that can flare out when they feel threatened.

Diet: What Do King Cobra Eat?

The king of snake's diet consist of large blooded animals especially other snake's. King cobra rarely hunt rodent's and lizards. A king cobra develop a rigid diet of a single snake specie and may refuse any other snake specie. Their diet consist of both venomous and non-venomous species of snakes. King cobra mostly swallow the whole snake because they have large size and powerful venom.

Venom: What Make's It Dangerous?

The venom of king cobra is not only the most potent among other venomous snakes but they also have neurotoxins. The amount of neurotoxin which they can deliver in a single bite is up to two-tenths of a fluid ounce which is enough to kill 20 peoples and even an Elephant. They also used their venom for their defense and for hunting. The venom of king cobra effect's the respiratory centres in brain, causing respiratory arrest and cardiac failure. The king cobra is not aggressive toward's human's unless they were threatened.

How Long Can A King Cobra Live?

The normal age of king cobra is about 20 year's. Their life consist consist on environmental effect's and thread's.

Reproduction

King Cobra's are solitary creature and come together only for mating. The breeding period of king cobra is from January through April. King cobra's oviparous and lay 40-50 egg's, which female incubate by curling around them. These egg's are white and leathery. Female cobra pushes leave's and branches in the nest pile where the egg's incubated by elevated temperature of decomposition.