Philippine cobra: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Philippine cobra lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Naja philippinensis
Group	Snakes
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Elapidae

Where does the Philippine cobra live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Philippine cobra in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Philippine cobra endangered?

The Philippine cobra’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Philippine cobra?

The Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Elapidae, genus Naja. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Philippine cobra

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Philippine cobra (revision 1376698200), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2087861 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).