What's the difference between cobra and king cobra?

1. Different species: Cobra is a general term for snakes of the suborder Serpentis, Cobra and Cobra, and King cobra is a large poisonous snake

What's the difference between cobra and king cobra?

1. Different species: Cobra is a general term for snakes of the suborder Serpentis, Cobra and Cobra, and King cobra is a large poisonous snake of the suborder Serpentis, Cobra, Cobra and Cobra.

2. Different shapes: Cobra has a body length of 1.2- 2.5 meters, a short maxilla, fluted teeth at the front end, symmetrical scales on the head and back, no buccal scales, round pupils, a cylindrical tail, and kyphosis on the whole spine, which is only half that of King Cobra. King cobra is a large snake with a maximum total length of 5.58 meters and an average body length of about 3 meters. Its mandible is khaki, its ventral surface is grayish brown, and it has colored linear markings.

3. Different neck lines: King cobra's neck is the same as cobra's, with raised flat skin folds on both sides, but there are no eye-shaped black spots in front of King cobra's neck, but ordinary cobras do.

4, pillow scales are different: pillow scales are scales at the back of the top of the head, generally behind the largest scales on the top of the head, only the king cobra, two pieces grow relatively, belonging to the second largest scales on the top of the head.

5. Different lines on the back: The lines on the back of the king cobra's neck are also very different from those of ordinary cobras. Generally, it is a big V-shaped pattern with a downward opening, all of which are yellow, but there are many kinds of patterns on the back of ordinary cobras, some of which are ω-shaped, and some of which are two round points connected into a U-shape, mostly yellow and black.

6. Different living habits: Cobra often likes to live in plains, hills and turning bushes or bamboo forests, hillsides, waterside at the foot of mountains, beside streams and fish ponds, in fields and near houses. Its eating habits are very extensive, including snakes, frogs, birds, eggs, butterflies and scorpions. It belongs to the day snake. King cobra likes to live alone, hunting during the day and hiding in cracks in rocks at night.