THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES 



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(2) Var. Cceca. — Colour, pale brown or unifonii dark grey, 

 without mark on the neck, and with one or more dark transverse 

 bands on the anterior part of the belly. 



Habitat : Transcaspian region, India, Java. 



(3) A^ar. Fasciata. 

 — Colour, brown, olive, 

 or black, with more or 

 less distinct light trans- 

 verse bands. White 

 spot edged with black 

 in the shape of a ring 

 or of a U on the neck, 

 behind ; a black spot 

 on each side in front. 



Habitat : India, 

 Indo-China and South 

 China, Hainan, Cam- 

 bodia, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula. 



(4) Var. Sputatrix. 

 — Black or dark brown, 

 with yellow or orange- 

 coloured spots on the 

 sides of the head and 

 neck. The young have 

 a pale spot in the 

 shape of a U or an 

 on the middle of the 



Fig. 26. — Naja tripudians {Cobra-di-Capello) on the 

 Defensive, preparing to Strike. 



dorsal surface of the neck, and the throat is whitish. 



Habitat : Chusan Islands and South China, Burma, Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 



(5) Var. Leucodira. — Brown or black, without mark on the neck. 

 Throat yellowish-white, followed by a black transverse band. 



Habitat : Sumatra, Malay Peninsula. 



