Editing King cobra (section)

== Etymology ==
The king cobra is also referred to by the common name "[[hamadryad]]", especially in older literature. ''Hamadryas hannah'' was the scientific name used by Danish naturalist [[Theodore Edward Cantor]] in 1836 who [[Scientific description|described]] four king cobra [[Type (biology)|specimens]], three [[Type locality (biology)|captured in]] the [[Sundarbans]] and one in the vicinity of [[Kolkata]].<ref name=Cantor1836>{{cite journal |last=Cantor |first=T. E. |year=1836 |title=Sketch of an undescribed hooded serpent, with fangs and maxillar teeth |journal=Asiatic Researches |volume=19 |pages=87–93 |url=https://archive.org/stream/asiaticresearche181836cal#page/86/mode/2up}}</ref> The origin of the species name ''hannah'' was not specified during description and has long been uncertain, but may potentially refer to Hannah Sarah Wallich, the eldest daughter of Cantor's uncle, botanist [[Nathaniel Wallich]], who hosted Cantor during his studies in India.<ref name=Das2024>{{cite journal |last1=Das |first1=I. |last2=Shankar |first2=P. G. |last3=Swamy |first3=P. |last4=Williams |first4=R. C. |last5=Lalremsanga |first5=H. T. |last6=Prashanth |first6=P. |last7=Sahoo |first7=G. |last8=Vijayakumar |first8=S. P. |last9=Höglund |first9=J. |last10=Shanker |first10=K. |last11=Dutta |first11=S. K. |last12=Ganesh |first12=S. R. |last13=Wüster |first13=W. |date=2024 |title=Taxonomic revision of the king cobra ''Ophiophagus hannah'' (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |doi=10.5852/ejt.2024.961.2681 |doi-access=free |issue=961 |pages=1–51|bibcode=2024EJTax.961.2681D }}</ref>