Philippine cobra
naja philippinensis latin

The Philippine cobra occurs mostly in the northern regions of the Philippines.

Bites by the Philippine cobra produce prominent neurotoxicity with minimal to no local signs.

The Philippine cobra is a stocky snake of medium length with long cervical ribs capable of expanding, so when threatened, a hood can be formed.

Bites by the Philippine cobra produce a distinctive clinical picture characterized by severe neurotoxicity of rapid onset and minimal local tissue damage.

While sleeping, Stef was bitten possibly by a Philippine cobra and was sent to a hospital in Manila to be treated.

The Philippine cobra's habitat include low-lying plains and forested regions, along with open fields, grasslands, dense jungle, agricultural fields, and human settlements.

The Philippine cobra is called ulupong in Tagalog carasael in Ilocano and agawason in Cebuano-Bisaya.

The Samar cobra (Naja samarensis) also called Peters' cobra, southern Philippine cobra or Visayan cobra, is a species of cobra native to the southern Philippines.

The Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) also called northern Philippine cobra, is a stocky, highly venomous spitting cobra native to the northern regions of the Philippines.

One exception was with Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown castaway, Stef Prescott, who had been brought to a hospital in Manila after she was bitten by a Philippine cobra at Bulan camp.

The venom of the Philippine cobra is a potent postsynaptic neurotoxin which affects respiratory function and can cause neurotoxicity and respiratory paralysis, as the neurotoxins interrupt the transmission of nerve signals by binding to the neuromuscular junctions near the muscles.

Naja philippinensis was described by American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor in 1922.

"Naja philippinensis - Mario Lutz's HerpaWorld Institute"

The Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) also called northern Philippine cobra, is a stocky, highly venomous spitting cobra native to the northern regions of the Philippines.