Samar cobra: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Samar cobra Naja samarensis Least concern

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 26 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See snakes on the world map

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

Where does the Samar cobra live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Samar 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 Samar cobra endangered?

The Samar cobra’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Samar cobra?

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

About the Samar cobra

The Samar cobra (Naja samarensis) also called Peters' cobra, southern Philippine cobra or Visayan cobra, is a highly venomous species of spitting cobra native to the Visayas and Mindanao island groups of the Philippines.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Samar cobra (revision 1350902798), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q650831 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).