Venomous Snakes in the Philippines
Philippine freshwater sea snake/Garman's sea snake
Hydrophis semperi This is a rare species of venomous sea snake found only in a single lake on the island of Luzon. They are known to be found only in the waters of Taal ...
Astrotia stokesii This is the large species of snake found in Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. They are distributed in Sri Lanka and Pakistan to South China Sea and Strait of...
Yellow Belly Sea Snake, Pelagic Sea Snake
Pelamis platurus This species of snake is one of the most widely distributes reptile species. Some researchers describe the distribution of this species as “the ent...
Banded Malaysian Coral Snake, Striped Coral Snake
Maticora intestinalis Distribution of this species ranges from southern Thailand to the Philippines and Sulawesi, Indonesia. They can be encountered from primary and seco...
Trimeresurus Flavomaculatus Mcgregori This species of viper is found in the Islands of Batan and Sabtang in the Batanes group of islands. They favour high grasses, underb...
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus This species of viper is found on the Philippine islands of Agutayan, Batan, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Mindanao, Mindoro, N...
Waglers pit viper, temple viper, temple pit viper (venomous)
Tropidolaemus wagleri This snake is native to Southeast Asia and sometimes referred to as the temple viper because of its abundance around the Temple of Azure Cloud in Ma...
Equatorial Spitting Cobra (Venomous)
Naja sumatrana The distribution of this species ranges from southern Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, the Riau Archipelago, Borneo, Palawan and Calamianes Archipelago in the ...
Ophiophagus hannah King cobra is the longest venomous snake with a length ranging from 5.6 to 5.7m. The venom of this snake is very potent which causes death in a very sh...
Naja samarensis This is a species in cobra native in the southern Philippines. Distribution ranges from the islands of Dinagat, Siargao, Camiguin Sur, Bohol, Leyte, Samar...
Naja philippinensis This snake is found as the name implies in the northern part of the Philippines, in Luzon, Mindoro, Catanduanes and Masbate Islands. This is generally...
Colubrine or yellow-lipped sea krait
Laticauda colubrina This species of sea snake originated in the region of the Northern Papua New Guinea. They are mostly found in warm, tropical climates in oceanic, coas...
Boiga angulata This species in endemic to the Philippines where it has been recorded from the island of Catanduanes, Inampulugan, Leyte, Samar, Luzon, Mindoro, Lubang, M...