Find out what a king cobra has in common with a water monitor. Learn what sets a king cobra apart from a Jackson’s chameleon. Readers will compare and contrast key traits of king cobras–their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle–to similar and different reptiles. Charts and sidebars support key ideas and provide details. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, readers will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a reptile and how reptiles are alike and different from each other.