FIGURE 9. Naja (Boulengerina) subfulva. Variation in colour and pattern. Top left: specimen from Kakamega, western Kenya, illustrating the typically deep black and white specimens with strong facial markings from the periphery of Lake Victoria. Bottom left: specimen from Chuka, Mount Kenya, Kenya, illustrating an extreme of the brown forebody and reduced facial pigmentation typical of the species in much of its range. Photos W. Wüster, courtesy Royjan Taylor / Bio-Ken snake farm live collection, Watamu, Kenya. Right: specimen from Bamenda, Cameroon, representing the form described by Stucki-Stirn (1979) as Naja melanoleuca aurata. Note the indistinct ventral bands and the lack of accessory ventral bands, as is typical of this species. Photo J.-F. Trape.