Species

Hydrelaps darwiniensis

Hydrelaps darwiniensis · described by BOULENGER 1896

King Cobra, a close relative of Hydrelaps darwiniensis

Pictured: King Cobra, a close relative from the same family. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Max Tibby, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Hydrelaps darwiniensis
First described
BOULENGER 1896
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Hydrelaps

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree