The King Cobra(Ophiophagus hannah)is the largest venomous snake. It can grow upto 18.5 ft (5.7 m) in length. The solitary King Cobra lives in rainforests, tropical deciduous forests, tropical scrub forests, and tropical grasslands of India, southern China, and southeast Asia. Its venom is a neurotoxin and several people die from the bite of the King Cobra each year. A King Cobra can even kill an elephant.The King Cobra can lift a third of its body off the ground.The King Cobra is said to be the only snake which makes nests for its eggs.It is widely worshipped in India as nagaraja (“king of snake”).