Just a week ago, a snake silently slithers its way through the bermuda grass towards a pile of stones used to landscape our lawn. Alarmed, my brother-in-law trapped its tail with a sturdy piece of stick and blurted out "cobra". I got out and saw the cobra instinctively rear its head while expanding its throat section (a characteristic behavior of cobras) to fight. We had to kill it because there are children playing nearby. Cobras are known for their poisonous bite.
I took some pictures of the cobra, measured and kept it in a bottle intending to preserve it. I browsed Google and fou... From: Facts About the Endemic Palawan Spitting Cobra (Naja miolepis)