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Table 1 in Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species
Authors/Creators
- 1. Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- 2. Maharaja Shrirama Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada, Takatpur, Odisha, India. & Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India. & Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE- 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden. & Kālinga Foundation, Guddakere, Agumbe, Shivamogga 577 411, Karnataka, India.
- 3. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India.
- 4. Molecular Ecology and Evolution at Bangor, School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor LL 57 2 UW, Wales, UK.
- 5. Developmental Biology & Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl 796 004, Mizoram, India.
- 6. Kālinga Foundation, Guddakere, Agumbe, Shivamogga 577 411, Karnataka, India.
- 7. Department of Zoology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar 751 004, Odisha, India.
- 8. Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE- 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden.
- 9. Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, Tapesia 782 402, Assam, India.
Description
Table 1. Summary of morphological characters associated with species of Ophiophagus Günther, 1864 recognised in this study. See ‘Terminology for character analysis’ for details. Note: pale dorsal bands are sometimes absent in adult O. bungarus (Schlegel, 1837) comb. nov. (in images of live specimens examined), and consistently absent in adult O. salvatana Gowri Shankar, Das & Wüster sp. nov. Further, juveniles of the latter show pale bands (in images of three live specimens examined; no voucher specimens of juvenile O. salvatana were available for study).
| Characters | Statistics | O. hannah s. str. | O. bungarus comb. nov. | O. kaalinga sp. nov. | O. salvatana sp. nov. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anterior dorsal scale rows (DSR1) | Mean | 18.0 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 18.6 |
| Range | 17–19 | 17–21 | 19–21 | 17–19 | |
| (n) | 15 | 46 | 4 | 5 | |
| Median dorsal scale rows (DSR2) | Mean | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Range | 15–15 | 15–15 | 15–15 | 15–15 | |
| (n) | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | |
| Posterior dorsal scale rows (DSR3) | Mean | 13.8 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Range | 11–15 | 13–15 | 15–15 | 15–15 | |
| (n) | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | |
| Ventrals | Mean | 244.0 | 250.12 | 247.8 | 251.0 |
| Range | 226–267 | 253–268 | 241–251 | 247–256 | |
| (n) | 49 | 58 | 4 | 4 | |
| Subcaudals | Mean | 89.0 | 106.8 | 88.0 | 93 |
| Range | 80–112 | 71–125 | 86–90 | 74–112 | |
| (n) | 49 | 57 | 4 | 4 | |
| Precloacal | Mean | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Range | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| (n) | 49 | 63 | 4 | 4 | |
| Supralabials | Mean | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Range | 6–7 | 7–7 | 7–8 | 7–7 | |
| (n) | 15 | 68 | 5 | 5 | |
| Infralabials | Mean | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Range | 7–9 | 8–8 | 8–8 | 8–8 | |
| (n) | 15 | 68 | 5 | 5 | |
| Pale body bands | Mean | 39.6 | 72.0 | 35.0 | 0 |
| Range | 27–48 | 57–87 | 28–48 | 0 | |
| (n) | 41 | 51 | 3 | 5 | |
| Pterygoid teeth | Mean | 19.3 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Range | 18–21 | 11–11 | 12–12 | 11–11 | |
| (n) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
Notes
Published as part of Das, Indraneil, Shankar, P. Gowri, Swamy, Priyanka, Williams, Rhiannon C., Lalremsanga, Hmar Tlawmte, Prashanth, P., Sahoo, Gunanidhi, Vijayakumar, S. P., Höglund, Jacob, Shanker, Kartik, Dutta, Sushil K., Ganesh, S. R. & Wüster, Wolfgang, 2024, Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species, pp. 32 in European Journal of Taxonomy 961 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.961.2681, http://zenodo.org/record/13944155
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- Gunther A. C. L. G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society, London, UK. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5012
- Schlegel H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpents Vol. 2. M. H. Schonekat, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 4273