THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES 90 
(2) Var. Cæca.—Colour, pale brown or uniform 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. 
Fic. 26.—Naja tripudians (Cobra-di-Capello) ox THE 
DEFENSIVE, PREPARING TO STRIKE. 
(3) Var. 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. 
dbitatelb dia; 
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 O 
on the middle of the 
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. 
