Naja philippinensis Taylor, 1922a

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Northern Philippine Cobra

Naja tripudians caeca, (part) Bouelnger, 1896:383 (specimen o, from Lepanto, Luzon).

Naja naja philippinensis Taylor, 1922a:265; 1922c:301; 1922d:139.— Leviton, 1965b:539.

Naja philippinensis, Gaulke and Altenbach, 1994:63 .— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:14.— Diesmos, Brown, and Gee, 2004:71.— Brown, Oliveros, Siler, Fernandez, Welton, Buenavente. Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2012:484.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:15, fig. 35.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:88.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:496, figs. 4, 34, 35A–B.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:462.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Manila, Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: Philippine Bureau of Science, Manila; destroyed during WWII. Neotype: (PNM [not confirmed]) .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 26C [p. 137]).— Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Batangas, Benguet, Bulacan, Cavite, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Kalinga, Laguna, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Quezon, Rizal, Zambales), Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Near Threatened [2016] ver. 3.1.