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king cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Photo by AshokSaini
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m (18.5 ft). This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia.

Habitat:

It lives in dense highland forests, preferring areas dotted with lakes and streams

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Comments (6)
MrsPbio
This is why telephoto lenses were invented....yikes. For me, the words "close up" and "cobra" will not go together.... LOL ! Very handsome snake. From a safe distance! :)
KarenL
Congratulations Ashok, this spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/32121337669/my-fascination-with-snakes
AshokSaini
well yes captive, but they stay at a natural habitate and they are very poisness, i am very thankful to the expert who help me out to take the close photograph at an open space, i have a number of pics of same king cobra
ChimeTsetan
is it a captive king Ashok? Beautiful shot by the way.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2011

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