A Philippines cobra in a defensive posture.
Date 1 February 2012
Source http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0106+0929
Author Mario Lutz
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naja_philippinensis.png

The Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) also called northern Philippine cobra, is a stocky, highly venomous species of spitting cobra native to the northern regions of the Philippines. The Philippine cobra is called ulupong in Tagalog, carasaen in Ilocano and agawason in Cebuano-Bisaya.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Naja
Species: Naja philippinensis Taylor, 1922