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The Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) also called Philippine spitting cobra or northern Philippine cobra, is a stocky, highly venomous species of spitting cobra native to the northern regions of the Philippines. The Philippine cobra is called ulupong in Tagalog, carasaen in Ilocano.
The most important factors in the difference of mortality rates among victims envenomated by cobras is the severity of the bite and which cobra species caused the envenomation. The Caspian cobra (N. oxiana) and the Philippine cobra (N. philippinensis) are the two cobra species with the most toxic venom based on LD 50 studies on mice.
Philippine cobra (naja philippinensis) The Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) is one of the most venomous cobra species in the world based on murine LD 50 studies. The average subcutaneous LD 50 for this species is 0.20 mg/kg. [34] The lowest LD 50 reported value for this snake is 0.14 mg/kg SC, while the highest is 0.48 mg/kg SC.
Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) Black-striped snake (Simoselaps calonotus) Japanese coral snake (Sinomicrurus japonicus) Colubrids.
The Lubang Islands in the Philippines is also home to the Philippine Cobra (Naja philippinensis) [12] and record of King Cobra species (Ophiophagus spp.) [13] They were formerly found in most habitats (from sea level to up to 2800 m) but is now confined to remote forests due to loss of habitat and heavy hunting by noose traps or trigger set ...
Like the Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis), the Samar cobra feeds mostly on small rodents such as rats and mice.They will also prey upon frogs and smaller reptiles. Since their main food source is attracted to rice paddies and human settlements, this species often comes into conflict with peop
About 42 species of reptiles have been reported from the Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.These include the endangered gharial and the rare Assam roofed turtle. [1]Two of the largest snakes in the world - the reticulated python and the rock python, as well as the longest venomous snake in the world - the king cobra are common inside the park.
The Caspian cobra (Naja oxiana), also called the Central Asian cobra or Russian cobra, is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia . First described by Karl Eichwald , a German physician, in 1831, it was for many years considered to be a subspecies of the Naja naja until genetic analysis ...