1, belongs to a different species: cobras for the suborder of snakes, cobras, cobras, cobras genus of venomous snakes commonly known as king cobras for the suborder of snakes, cobras, cobras, cobras, king cobras, king cobras genus of large and highly venomous snakes.

2, the appearance of different: cobra body length up to 1.2- 2.5 meters, the maxilla is shorter, the front end of the groove teeth, the back of the head with symmetrical scales, no cheek scales, pupils round, tail cylindrical, the entire spine are vertebrae protruding down, only half of the king cobra. While the king cobra for large snakes, the maximum full-length record of 5.58 meters, the average length of the body is also about 3 meters, jaws earthy yellow, the body of the ventral surface of the gray-brown, with color line mottling.

3, the neck pattern is different: the king cobra's neck and cobras, the same as the two sides of the long raised flat skin folds, but the king cobra's neck in front of the eye is not familiar with the eye-like black spots, but ordinary cobras have.

4, occipital scales are different: occipital scales are the scales on the back part of the head, usually behind the largest scale on the top of the head, only king cobras have them, and the two pieces grow opposite to each other, which are the second largest scale on the top of the head.

5, the back pattern is different: the king cobra's neck behind the lines and ordinary cobras are also very different, generally are open to the downward large v-shaped lines, all yellow, but ordinary cobras behind the lines but many kinds of, there are omega-shaped, there are also two round spots in a U-shape connected to the majority of the yellow and black between.

6, different habits: cobras often like to live in the plains, hills, rugged bushes or bamboo forests, hillside graves, the foot of the water, streams and fishponds, fields, near the residence, a wide range of food, both eat snakes, frogs, but also birds, eggs, butterflies and scorpions, etc., is diurnal snakes, king cobras like to live alone, daytime out to hunt, hidden in the night in the crevices of the rocks or holes in the tree, rest, food, usually other snakes, and the king cobra, the king cobra is the only one that likes to live alone. The king cobra likes to live alone and hunt during the day, and rests in rock crevices or tree holes at night.