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          All animals pictured on this page are in my collection, and owned by me.  The photos were taken by me, unless otherwise labeled.  I am still looking specimens of Naja philippinensis, and extra specimens of species I already have.  If you have something for sale, please contact me, at the link above.

 

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3 . 3   Naja samarensis  -  Southeastern Philippine Cobra

(Samar Cobra)
Stefan Male IMG_2662.jpg (292351 bytes)

CB'09 Male

Sam-001-09-M

 Stefan female IMG_2740.jpg (234314 bytes)

CB'09 Female

Sam-002-09-F

Nima Male1.JPG (180989 bytes)

CB'10 Male

Sam-003-10-M

Nima Beigi Female 2.JPG (215727 bytes)

CB'10 Female

Sam-004-10-F

Zurcher Male IMG_2825.jpg (255447 bytes)

CB'10 Male

Sam-005-10-M

Zurcher Female IMG_2848.jpg (255487 bytes)

CB'10 Female

Sam-006-10-F

         The 2009 pair of Naja samarensis were acquired in a trade with a friend.  The 2.2 cb'10s were acquired from another guy in Europe.  All the photos were taken by the friend I got the 2009 pair from.  The 3 pairs are unrelated to each other.

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..........ID.#.......... ..Around.Neck.. ....Mid-body.... ..Before.Vent.. .....Ventral..... ..Subcaudal..
Sam-001-09-M 21 17 15 180 40
Sam-002-09-F 20 17 14 177 42
Sam-003-10-M 21 17 13 169 43+
Sam-004-10-F 21 17 13 175 42
Sam-005-10-M 21 19 13 168 47
Sam-006-10-F 21 19 14 178 44

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Most of the information below was taken from the website: Asiatic Naja by Wolfgang Wuster
Pattern & Color:

Unmistakable. Pattern: dorsal ground color black, with numerous light variegations, especially between scales; in juveniles, a conspicuous light line along dorsal scale rows 2, 3 or 4; pattern less conspicuous in adults; venter light, cream or yellow; one very wide (usually more than 10 ventral scales) dark ventral band.

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 Scalation:

Around Hood - 17 - 25

Mid-body - 17 - 19

Before Vent - 13 - 14

Ventral - 161 - 184

Sub-caudal - 41 - 52

 
Size:

I was told by a breeder of this specie that his breeding pair are 120 - 130 cm and 6 - 7 years of age.  He believes this specie may reach 140 - 150 cm, and they can be bred at 3 - 4 years of age and at about 90 - 100 cm long.

 

Distribution:

Philippine Islands: recorded from Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Bohol and Camiguin. Likely to occur on other nearby islands.

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Some of the information on this page may have been copied from the publications below.

WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources

The University of Adelaide, Australia

http://www.toxinology.com/

The Snakes of Thailand and Their Husbandry by Merel J. Cox

Handbook To The Dangerously Venomous Snakes Of Myanmar

by

Alan E. Leviton, George R. Zug, Jens V. Vindum, and Guinevere O.U. Wogan

Venomous Snakes

Snakes in the Terrarium

by Ludwig Trutnau

Links below copied from the website of Wolfgang Wüster

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/Taxa/AsNaja.htm

SLOWINSKI, J.B. & W. WÜSTER (2000) A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica, 56(2): 257-270. pdf

WÜSTER, W. (1992) A century of confusion: Asiatic cobras revisited. The Vivarium, 4: 14-18. pdf

WÜSTER, W. (1996) Taxonomic changes and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras (Naja naja species complex). Toxicon, 34(4): 399-406.  pdf

WÜSTER, W. (1998) The cobras of the genus Naja in India. Hamadryad, 23(1): 15-32. pdf

WÜSTER, W. & R.S. THORPE (1989) Population affinities of the Asiatic cobra (Naja naja) species complex in south-east Asia: reliability and random resampling. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 36: 391-409. pdf

WÜSTER, W. & R.S. THORPE (1991) Asiatic cobras: systematics and snakebite. Experientia, 47: 205-209. pdf

WÜSTER, W. & R.S. THORPE (1992) Asiatic cobras: population systematics of the Naja naja species complex (Serpentes: Elapidae) in India and Central Asia. Herpetologica, 48(1): 69-85. pdf

WÜSTER, W. & R.S. THORPE (1994) Naja siamensis, a cryptic species of venomous snake revealed by mtDNA sequencing. Experientia, 50: 75-79. pdf

WÜSTER, W., R.S. THORPE, M.J. COX, P. JINTAKUNE & J. NABHITABHATA (1995) Population systematics of the snake genus Naja (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) in Indochina: multivariate morphometrics and comparative mitochondrial DNA sequencing (cytochrome oxidase I). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 8: 493-510. pdf

WÜSTER, W., D.A. WARRELL, M.J. COX, P. JINTAKUNE & J. NABHITABHATA (1997) Redescription of Naja siamensis Laurenti, 1768 (Serpentes: Elapidae), a widely overlooked spitting cobra from Southeast Asia: geographic variation, medical importance and designation of a neotype. Journal of Zoology, 243: 771-788. pdf

 

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