Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct species, reshaping our understanding of venomous snake diversity and ...

There are also Old World coral snakes in Asia and Africa, but they belong to a different group. King snakes are nonvenomous but they bear a striking resemblance to the coral snake. Scarlet king ...

King cobras, boa constrictors ... the snake becomes an adult. Since different species of snakes exist, maturity ages vary widely. A garter snake may take only 2 years to reach maturity, but ...

By recognising these snakes as separate species ... different effects depending on the region. Venoms from different populations of king cobras might have a slightly different chemical composition.