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The Philippine cobra's habitat include low-lying plains and forested regions, [4] along with open fields, grasslands, dense jungle, agricultural fields, and human settlements. This species of cobra is particularly fond of water, so it can be found very close to ponds, rivers, or large puddles of water. [4] [9]
A proteomic study revealed a unique venom phenotype of the Samar cobra, which represents the easternmost dispersal of Naja cobra species. Like other Naja spp . , Three-finger toxins (3FTx) dominate the venom proteome. 3FTx constituted 90% of the total venom proteins, recording by far the highest 3FTx abundance in snake venom.
Minton (1974) reported 0.14 mg/kg IV for the Philippine cobra. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The Samar cobra ( Naja samarensis ), another cobra species endemic to the southern islands of the Philippines, is reported to have a LD 50 of 0.2 mg/kg, [ 22 ] similar in potency to the monocled cobras ( Naja kaouthia ) found only in Thailand and eastern ...
Oxyrhabdium modestum, commonly known as the Philippine shrub snake, is a species of snake in the family Cyclocoridae. It is found the Philippines on the islands of Basilan , Bohol , Dinagat , Leyte , Mindanao , Negros and Samar .
The island of Panay in the Philippines is home to various species of reptiles and amphibians. The following list is from Ferner, et al. (2000). (?) denotes the identification of the species is uncertain, although the genus is clearly identified.
It was one of the original colleges of the University of the Philippines and was later renamed College of Veterinary Medicine. With Dr. Archibald Ward as the first dean, the college held its first classes on 4 June 1910 with four students at the Animal Quarantine Station, Pandacan, Manila. The first batch of students graduated in the former ...
Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus Nycticebus.Found in Southeast Asia and nearby areas, they range from Bangladesh and Northeast India in the west to the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines in the east, and from Yunnan province in China in the north to the island of Java in the south.
The monocled cobra has an O-shaped, or monocellate hood pattern, unlike that of the Indian cobra, which has the "spectacle" pattern (two circular ocelli connected by a curved line) on the rear of its hood. The elongated nuchal ribs enable a cobra to expand the anterior of the neck into a “hood”.