﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  Cochran 
  

  

  PLATE 
  9 
  

  

  1. 
  Daboia 
  (Mpera 
  russellii), 
  also 
  called 
  Russell's 
  viper 
  or 
  tic-polonga. 
  Color: 
  pale 
  brown, 
  with 
  3 
  rows 
  of 
  

   large 
  black 
  rings 
  bordered 
  with 
  white 
  or 
  yellow, 
  having 
  red 
  or 
  brown 
  centers. 
  Length: 
  5 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  

   India, 
  Ceylon, 
  China, 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Indian 
  islands. 
  Extremely 
  poisonous; 
  

   not 
  aggressive 
  unless 
  disturbed. 
  (Courtesy 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Indian 
  cobra 
  (Naja 
  naja), 
  also 
  called 
  spectacled 
  or 
  Asiatic 
  cobra. 
  Color: 
  yellowish 
  to 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  a 
  black 
  and 
  white, 
  usually 
  spectacle-shaped 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  hood 
  when 
  spread. 
  Length: 
  6 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  

   eastern 
  shores 
  of 
  Caspian 
  Sea 
  through 
  Asia 
  into 
  China 
  and 
  Formosa, 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Philippines. 
  Exceedingly 
  poisonous; 
  aggressive 
  when 
  disturbed. 
  (Courtesy 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  