Snakes of all kinds.

[roy_nitro]

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caught it in bohol ...den its 12 inches long ....agresive ...its pose like a cobra

[Seraph]

murag philippine cobra jud na sir roy

[roy_nitro]

murag philippine cobra jud na sir roy

mao lagi ako duda ...g gunitan gyud ni sa amo cuz ahaka lagi ....den mu pose cya mura gyud cobra hehehe

[herp_doctor]

Although mimicry is a fair common in snakes, but if it poses like a cobra, and flare it's hood like a cobra, and even hisses like a cobra... Then it probably is a bloody cobra... hehehe!!

Can you give me a good shot of the top portion of it's head, daddy-roy? Let's give it a whurl what kinda sp. this Naja is. Look at the head scales, are they lined with dark solid black coloration? Or does the color kinda smooth out on edges??

I'm no dinker, but i've got a bloody good guess what that is..

[herp_doctor]

There are 4 cobra species here in the Philippines. But only two can be found in Bohol:

-Naja philippinensis
-Naja samarensis
-Naja sumatrana
-Ophiophagus hannah

The Ophiophagus hannah and the Naja samarensis are the two most common and widely distributed cobra species in the island of bohol. Though some rare sighting of the Naja sumatrana has been reported and documented. The Naja philippinensis is restricted only to the northen half of the country.

[o0ella0o]

Try tinypic.com for pics to post..

[Badme]

Kahadlok sad mag buhi og cobra oi..saonz

[herp_doctor]

@Roy -- Still waiting for the new photos of the cobra. I need to know what sp. it is, so i would know if it's worthy keeping or releasing. Though closely looking at the photo, my money's on the Southern (N. samarensis) over the King (O. hannah), but i still have to confirm this. But whatever it is, it still needs to be released back into where it came from.

1. If it's a King, then you probably need to release it. Kings don't bade very well in captivity and is extremely hard and dangerous to keep. Its a very specialized feeder and it grows very large and it releases a huge volume of venom in one bite, that it's very dangerous (given it's a bloody cobra). Their venom toxicity / potency (LD50) is not that high, but it compensate this shortcomings for the large quantity of venom it delivers.

2. If it's the Southern, then you may or may not keep it (though i suggest the latter). Althought they're not as specialized feeders as the Kings, Southerns are picky tukkers too. And this would prove very cumbersome (and again dangerous) to you, as you have to force-feed it sooner if it doesn't start to feed on its own (and this would risk you getting bitten). Not to mention the bite is quite very dangerous, as even though they don't produce as much venom by quantity / volume per bite in comparison to the Kings, their venom potency / toxicity (LD50) is the 2nd most potent of all cobra species (the 1st being the Philippine cobra N. philippinensis).

Now, the wost case scenario: GETTING BITTEN

For the anti-venin antidotes. Kings have available anti-venom but their only readily available from ICRC of Thailand, NMRC of Vietnam, and IRPCC India. Philippines does not produce King anti-venom. This would come to mind in the event you got into a bloody little accident with a King. As it would take much time and logistics, which then leaves you none to spare.

Southerns have anti-venom too, only produced by RITM here in the Phils.& AVRC of Australia (last time i checked they still do, that was 6years ago). Problem is that it's not readily available and it's not polyvalent with the Northern anti-venom.
Northern anti-venom are polyvent with their southern counterparts (not in vice versa), but doesn't prove to be very effective (i base this on a personal experience). And they're also not readily available.

I do have a couple of Northern anti-venom ampoules here to spare, but that would only give you around one extra hour to compensate on what just happened (and probably to finalize your last will & testament)... hehehe.

Lastly, anti-venins are EXPENSIVE. You need about atleast 15-20 ampoules / 50kg. for about a week. They also don't work if your allergic to equine plasma (matter of fact, 40% of the victims die of equine plasma reaction than that of the venom).


So think this carefully over mate. Is that herp worth keeping, or would you rather hand it over to someone who can facilitate it, or even much better, release it back to where it came from.

After all, it need to be free.


Cheers!!!

[johnC]

naa ko kenyan sand boa..pero nganu lagi iya ki suka ang tiki?iya naman to ki swallow..then ako daun sya kipahuway sa iya cage..next day iya na diay ki suka..y man?

[herp_doctor]

naa ko kenyan sand boa..pero nganu lagi iya ki suka ang tiki?iya naman to ki swallow..then ako daun sya kipahuway sa iya cage..next day iya na diay ki suka..y man?

Indigestion (it's full), stress (F&F instinct), parasites (worms, etc.), or probably just for the heck of it.