1854 R. OwenStruct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 197 They sustain a fold of integument, peculiarly coloured in some species— e.g., the spectacled cobra.
c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 304 The natives say that the Spectacled Cobra is a Snake of the city or town.