Ophiophagus hannah ( Cantor, 1836 ), Photo

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 457

Ophiophagus hannah ( Cantor, 1836)

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King Cobra

Hamadryas hannah Cantor, 1836:87 , pls. 10–12; 1838:72.

Ophiophagus hannah, Günther, 1864:341 .— Leviton, 1965b:544.— Alcala, 1986a:161; 1986b:161.— Broadley, Rage, and Toriba, 1993:195.— David and Ineich, 1999:171.— Diesmos, Brown, and Gee, 2004:71.— David, Pauwels, Lays, and Lenglet. 2006:220.— Castoe et al., 2007:809 et seq.— Gaulke, 2011:324–327, figs. 322–324.— McLeod, Siler, Diesmos, Diesmos, Garcia, Arkonceo, Balaquit, Uy, Villaseran, Yarra, and Brown, 2011:189.— Siler, Welton, Brown, Infante, and Diesmos, 2011:297, fig. 1.— Siler, Welton, Siler, Brown, Bucol, Diesmos, and Brown, 2011:190.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:15, fig. 36.— Sy and Wallbank, 2013:110.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:497, figs. 7A–B, 36–37.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:497.— Sy, de Layola, Yu, and Diesmos, 2015:220.— Sy and Boos, 2015:220.— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:14.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:170, fig. 34.— Sy, 2016a:263; 2016b:264.— Sy, Baniqued, and Diesmos, 2016:264.

Naja hannah, Taylor, 1922a:256 , text-fig. 29, pl. 31, figs. 2–3 ; 1922d:139.— Smith, 1943:436.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Sundarbans (also as Sunderbuns), nr. Calcutta, Bengal, India. Holotype: BMNH 1996.451 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 28D [p. 139]).— Balabac, Bohol, Catanduanes, Cebu, Dinagat, Leyte (Prov.: Leyte), Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Benguet, Bulacan, Camarines Norte, Isabela, Kalinga, Laguna, Nueva Ecja, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Sorsogon, Zambales), Mindanao (Prov.: Davao del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City], South Cotabato), Mindoro, Negros (Prov.: Negros Oriental), Palawan, Panay (Prov.: Antique), Polillo, Romblon, Sulu Archipelago (Jolo).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Widely distributed throughout Southeast Asia, from Pakistan through South and Southeast Asia, southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia. (See Wallach, Williams, and Boundy [2014:497] for details.)

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Vulnerable A2acd [2016] ver. 3.1.

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FIGURE 2. Indotyphlops braminus (Ilocos Norte Prov., Luzon Id.) (KU 329680). Photo © RMB.