Venoms: Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics

by A. Calmette

Habitat: Transcaspian region, India, Java.

Fig. 26.—Naja tripudians (Cobra-di-Capello) on the Defensive, preparing to Strike.

(3) Var. Fasciata.—Colour, brown, olive, or black, with more or less distinct light transverse 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, Cambodia, 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.

(6) Var. Miolepis.—Brown or black; sides of the head and throat yellowish, no mark on the neck. Young with white rings completely encircling the body and tail.