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"King cobra mystery that's puzzled scientists for 188 years finally solved |" Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/king-cobra-mystery-thats-puzzled-scientists-for-188-years-finally-solved?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LiveScience/magazine/LiveScience 


"The mighty king cobra — the world's longest venomous snake — is actually four distinct species, scientists have confirmed in a new study....

 the Northern king cobra (O. hannah), the Sunda king cobra (Ophiophagus bungarus), the Western Ghats king cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga) and the Luzon king cobra (Ophiophagus salvatana) ...