Naja samarensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Naja
Subgenus Naja
Species: Naja samarensis

Name

Naja samarensis Peters, 1861

Holotype: ZMB 3955

Type locality: Loquilocun (small village in Paranas municipality, ca. 11°48’30”N, 125°06’24”E), Samar Island
Etymology: Named after type locality (Samar)

Synonyms

Naja tripudians var. samarensis Peters, 1861
Naja naja samarensis Taylor, 1922
Naja kaouthia samarensis Deraniyagala, 1960
Naja sputatrix samarensis Deraniyagala, 1961

References

Primary references

Wilhelm Carl Hartwig Peters: Eine zweite Übersicht (vergl. Monatsberichte 1859 p. 269) der von Hrn. F. Jagor auf Malacca, Java, Borneo und den Philippinen gesammelten und dem Kgl. zoologischen Museum übersandten Schlangen, Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861, S. 690 (BHL)

Additional references

Wolfgang Bücherl, Eleanor E. Buckley, Venancio Deulofeu: Venomous Animals and Their Venoms: Venomous Vertebrates, Academic Press Inc., New York, 1968, pp. 549
Choo Hock Tan, Praneetha Palasuberniam, Francis Bonn Blanco, Kae Yi Tan: Immunoreactivity and neutralization capacity of Philippine cobra antivenom against Naja philippinensis and Naja samarensis venoms, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 1, January 2021, pp. 78–84
Emerson Y. Sy & Shameer G. Mangkabong. (2018) First record of Southern Philippine Cobra Naja samarensis on Basilan Island, Philippines. Southeast Asia Vertebrate Records. 2018: 078-079. (PDF)
Emerson Y. Sy & Abner A. Bucol. (2020) First record of the Southern Philippine Cobra Naja samarensis on Siquijor Island, Philippines. Southeast Asia Vertebrate Records. 2020: 036-037. (PDF)
Frömberg, C. 2010. Haltung und Nachzucht der Samar-Kobra (Naja samarensis). Reptilia (Münster) 15 (81): 64-73
Ravalo, D. D., Gersava, J. R., Alojado, J., Achondo, M. J. M., & Gamalo, L. E. (2019). Predation of Samar Cobra Naja samarensis Peters, 1861 on the invasive Cane Toad Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) in Davao City, Philippines. Herpetology Notes, 12, 1023-1025
Taylor, E. H. (1922). The Snakes of the Philippine Islands. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Bureau of Science, Manila. 312 pp.+ 37 plates.
Wallach, V.; Wüster, W. & Broadley, D.G. 2009. In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae). Zootaxa 2236: 26–36
Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 (online)

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Naja samarensis. The Reptile Database.
IUCN: Naja samarensis (Least Concern)
iNaturalist: Naja samarensis

Vernacular names

Cebuano: ugahipon
Deutsch: Samar-Kobra, Visayas Kobra
English: Samar cobra, Southern Philippine cobra, Visayan cobra
Nederlands: Samar-brilslang