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

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).
CharactersStatisticsO. hannah s. str.O. bungarus comb. nov.O. kaalinga sp. nov.O. salvatana sp. nov.Anterior dorsal scale rows (DSR1)Mean18.018.919.518.6Range17–1917–2119–2117–19(n)154645Median dorsal scale rows (DSR2)Mean15.015.015.015.0Range15–1515–1515–1515–15(n)151244Posterior dorsal scale rows (DSR3)Mean13.814.015.015.0Range11–1513–1515–1515–15(n)131244VentralsMean244.0250.12247.8251.0Range226–267253–268241–251247–256(n)495844SubcaudalsMean89.0106.888.093Range80–11271–12586–9074–112(n)495744PrecloacalMean1.01.01.01.0Range1–11–11–11–1(n)496344SupralabialsMean6.97.07.47.0Range6–77–77–87–7(n)156855InfralabialsMean8.08.08.08.0Range7–98–88–88–8(n)156855Pale body bandsMean39.672.035.00Range27–4857–8728–480(n)415135Pterygoid teethMean19.3111211Range18–2111–1112–1211–11(n)12946