Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Naia haie ( Linne ). 
Egyptian Cobra or Banded Cobra. Egypt ische Cobra. 
District . 
Date . 
Donor . 
p. 1 
Pretoria 
1896 
Pistorius 
9 
Pretoria 
1906 
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Warmbaths 
1907 
Bibbing 
4 
5, (5, 7 
II uny an i, Rhodesia 
No history 
1907 
Thomas 
8 
Eiandskraal, Pienaars- 
river 
1907 
Fuchs 
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Wonderboom, Pretoria 
1907 
Tlieiler 
10 
B. 1 1 
Daspoort, Pretoria 
No record (O.R.C.) 
1907 
Smith 
Specimens 3 and 4 both belong to an interesting colour 
variety, which is evidently very widely distributed, as it also 
occurs near Pretoria. 
They are both full grown specimens, measuring 17<S cm. 
and 183 cm. respectively. The head, body and tail of both 
specimens are black, above and below, interrupted, however, 
in No. 3 by 11, and in No. 4 by 10 broad yellow or brown 
annuli, embracing up to 10 subsequent rings of scales. The 
annuli are narrowest on neck and tail. As they do not differ 
in any way in their lepidosis from normal specimens of Naia 
haie, they must be ascribed to that species in spite of their 
large size and abnormal markings. (Peter’s description of 
Naia haie var annulifera was not accessible, so I have not 
been able to compare it with that variety.) 
According to Mr. Thomas, these full-grown banded 
Cobras feed on smaller snakes. 
Naia flava ( Merrem ). 
Yellow or Cape Cobra. Ceelslang , Koper Kapel. 
District . 
Date . 
Donor 
Tokai, Cape Colony 
1902 
Taylor 
No history 
Graaf Reinet 
Hobson 
No records (O.R.C.) 
Naia nigricollis {Reinhardt). 
Black-necked Cobra , often miscalled Ringhals. 
P. 1 Yissers Hoek, Pretoria 
District 1006 Viljoen 
2 Shilowane, Zoutpans- 1904-5 Junod 
berg District 
3, 4, 5 No history 
A. 6 Palapye Road, Kala- 
hari Desert 
Blackbeard 
