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The First Record of the King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) (Reptilia: Elapidae) from Chhattisgarh, Central India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
2 Kudmura Range, Korba Forest Division, Chhattisgarh Forest Department, Chhattisgarh-495 674, India
 

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The King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor) is rare, but, widespread throughout South and Southeast Asia. It is reported from Bali, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi, Sumatra and Thailand (Iskandar and Colijn, 2002). In India, it has a patchy distribution covering the Western Ghats, Shiwalik and Terai regions of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, North-east India and the Andaman Islands (Das, 2002; Whittaker and Captain, 2004) (Fig. 1).
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  • The First Record of the King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) (Reptilia: Elapidae) from Chhattisgarh, Central India

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Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Angshuman Raha
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Abinash Parida
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Amitava Majumder
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Prosenjit Dawn
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Vijendra Singh
Kudmura Range, Korba Forest Division, Chhattisgarh Forest Department, Chhattisgarh-495 674, India

Abstract


The King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor) is rare, but, widespread throughout South and Southeast Asia. It is reported from Bali, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi, Sumatra and Thailand (Iskandar and Colijn, 2002). In India, it has a patchy distribution covering the Western Ghats, Shiwalik and Terai regions of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, North-east India and the Andaman Islands (Das, 2002; Whittaker and Captain, 2004) (Fig. 1).


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v114i3.168595