194 THE HABITS ОЕ MALAY REPTILES, 
are from time to time recorded, but, usually at least, the snake 
is not identified, sometimes not even seen, and it is clear that 
there has been a good deal of guessing as to the cause of death. 
Good records of cases by persons who know the poisonous 
but of this more anon. It may, however, be pointed out that the 
most destructive of the Indian snakes are the cobra, the Tic- 
polonga or Daboia and the Krait. The two latter are absent 
from the peninsula, and the Cobra does not seem to be very 
dangerous here. 
