Naja samarensis Peters, 1861

Southern Philippine Cobra; Samar Cobra

Naja tripudians var. samarensis Peters, 1861:690 .

Naja samarensis, Boulenger, 1896:385 .— Wüster and Thorpe, 1990:336–341.— Smith, 1993:99.— David, Pauwels, Lays, and Lenglet, 2006:220.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:496, fig. 35C.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:462.— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:103.

Naja naja samarensis, Taylor, 1922a:259; 1922c:302.— Leviton, 1964b:542.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Loquilocum, Samar Id., Philippines. Holotype: ZMB 3955.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 26D [p. 137]).— Bohol, Camiguin Sur, Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao (Prov.: Agusan del Norte, Bukidnon, Davao del Sur, Lanao, Misamis Occidental, South Cotabato, Zamboanga City), Samar.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.