Scientists found a venomous 10-foot-long snake in the hills of Karnataka and discovered a new species: the Western Ghats king cobra. Photo from Arun Yokesh via Unsplash In the forested hills of ...

The Western Ghats king cobra (O. kaalinga) is restricted to the Western Ghats of the Indian Peninsula. This species differs from O. bungarus in that it does not have dark edges around the pale ...

Discover Agumbe in Karnataka's Western Ghats, famed as India's snake capital with thriving king cobras. Explore its rich ...

Sunda King Cobra, Western Ghats King Cobra, and Luzon King Cobra. This 20-year study emphasizes the significance for conservation and improving snakebite treatments by recognizing genetic ...

Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre on Friday officially named the king cobra found in the Western Ghats as Ophiophagus Kaalinga. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Khandre said the name Kaalinga is ...

Credit: P Gowri Shankar, via Mongabay. Whitaker notes that the king cobra (O. kaalinga) is revered and worshipped in the Western Ghats, which has historically contributed to its conservation.

Gunanidhi Sahoo, S.P. Vijayakumar, Jacob Höglund, Kartik Shanker, Sushil Dutta, S.R. Ganesh and Wolfgang Wüster. The team also discovered a second new species in India: the Western Ghats king cobra.

or the Western Ghats king cobra. Western Ghats king cobras are considered “exceptionally large,” reaching 10.5 feet in length, the study said. They have “robust” bodies with “large ...