FIGURE 4. Specimen BMNH 1946.1.18.50 in On the importance of types and the perils of "en passant" taxonomy: a brief history of the typification of Coluber naja Linnaeus, 1758 (Serpentes: Elapidae) and its implications, with the designation of a lectotype

FIGURE 4. Specimen BMNH 1946.1.18.50, from Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Holotype of Naia naia colour variety polyocellata Deraniyagala, 1939. (A) Top of the head and hood with hood mark. White arrows indicate the additional ocelli underlying the description of Deraniyagala's colour variety polyocellata. The blue patch is part of a nitrile glove holding down a flap of skin that is part of the hood. (B) Ventral view. White arrows indicate the four clearly defined ventral bands of the specimen. (C) Side view of the head; white arrow indicates the cuneate scale between the 4th and 5th infralabial, which is absent on the contralateral side of the head.