Ophiophagus kaalinga GOWRI SHANKAR, DAS & GANESH, 2024
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Ophiophagus kaalinga
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Western Ghats king cobra |
| Synonym | Ophiophagus kaalinga GOWRI SHANKAR, DAS & GANESH in DAS et al. 2024: 24 |
| Distribution | India (Karnataka) Type locality: Karnataka State, Shivamogga District, Agumbe; 13.57° N, 75.10° E. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 3655, male Paratypes (n=5): INDIA • 1 ♀; Karnataka State, Uttara Kannada District, Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary; 15.25° N, 74.57° E; ZSIC (ex-MCBT 152882) • 1 spec.; Kerala State, Quilon; 8.88° N, 76.6° E; BNHS 2280 • 1 spec.; Tamil Nadu State, Anaimalai or Annamalai; 10.30° N, 77.00° E; BMNH 61.12.30.83 • 1 spec.; Karnataka, Karwar District, Sirsi; 14.60° N, 74.90° E; MCBT 152884 • 1 spec.; Kerala State, Vanjikadavu, Kundurmadu; 10.39° N, 76.34° E; ANSP 35312. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Ophiophagus endemic to the Western Ghats of the Indian peninsula, defined by the following combination of characters: possessing pale bands that lack darker edges, along body of adults (vs unbanded in adult O. salvatana sp. nov. and many O. bungarus; with dark edges to the pale bands in adult O. hannah). Ophiophagus kaalinga sp. nov. differs from O. hannah through a lower pterygoid teeth count (12 vs 18–21). Finally, juveniles of O. kaalinga have 28–48 body bands fewer than O. salvatana (85–86) and O. bungarus (57–87); relative tail length ranging 18.0–19.9% with a mean of 18.95% (vs 21.7–26.4% [24.05%] in O. hannah; vs 19.3–25.1% [22.2%] in O. bungarus; vs 18.7–23.0% [20.85%] in O. salvatana sp. nov.). (Das et al. 2024) |
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