. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. ELAPINAE 627 into a hood by the spreading and moving headwards of the ribs. Several species in Southern Asia and in Africa. K tripudians (the " Cobra ").—The coloration varies much. The typical form is yellowish to dark brown with a black and white spectacle-mark 6n the dorsal side of the hood, and with a large black and white spot on each side of the corresponding under surface. Other specimens are uniform pale brown to blackish grey, without any markings on the hood. The Cobra is. >"IT'l^«'K'«-t= Fig. 168.—Naja tripudiuTis (the Cobr
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. ELAPINAE 627 into a hood by the spreading and moving headwards of the ribs. Several species in Southern Asia and in Africa. K tripudians (the " Cobra ").—The coloration varies much. The typical form is yellowish to dark brown with a black and white spectacle-mark 6n the dorsal side of the hood, and with a large black and white spot on each side of the corresponding under surface. Other specimens are uniform pale brown to blackish grey, without any markings on the hood. The Cobra is. >"IT'l^«'K'«-t= Fig. 168.—Naja tripudiuTis (the Cobra). widely distributed, from Transcaspia to China and to the Malay Islands ; in the Himalayas it ascends to about 3000 feet above the level of the sea. Very large specimens are said to attain more than 6 feet in length, but a cobra of 5 feet, inclusive of the tail of 9 inches, is considered large. The Cobra prefers places which afford it a convenient hole to retire into ; for instance, deserted hills of termites, ruins, heaps of stones and stacks of wood, and it has the disagreeable habit, like the harmless Eat-snake, Zamenis mucosus, of making itself at home in inhabited houses, probably attracted by the rats. Its chief food consists of small Vertebrates ;—frogs, lizards, rats, occasionally fishes and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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