826 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HERPETOLOGY OF QUEENSLAND. 



from the granular eyelid ; a series of four small scales between 

 the postnasal and the orbit ; seven supralabials, of which the- 

 fourth generally, the third occasionally, is elongate and subocular;. 

 five lower labials, the three anterior very large, the first generally 

 meeting its fellow in a suture beneath ; mental larger than rostral, 

 triangular. Snout obtuse, shorter than the distance of the eye 

 from the hinder edge of the ear orifice ; canthus rostralis very 

 obtuse. Ear orifice small, shorter than the diameter of the eye, 

 elliptical, oblique. Tail moderate, 2^ to 2| times as long as the 

 head and body. Rudimentary hind limb shorter than the snout. 

 No preanal pores; no median preanal scale. Scales in 14 rows, 

 occasionally 16 ; abdominal scales 50-55, generally 53. Above 

 olive, scales frequently dark-edged, giving the skin a reticulated 

 appearance ; the banded markings of the head represented in 

 adults by a pair of dark blotches on each lip, and occasional dark 

 spots or faint traces of a bar across the occiput ; beneath yellowish 

 anteriorly, salmon colour for the greater part posteriorly. Young 

 subjects have sometimes the dark grey and pale barring of the 

 head pretty distinct. 



Length of Head ... ... ... 11 mm. 



Body ... ... ... ... ... 95 



Tail 277 



Loc. — Brisbane, Gympie. 



There are sufficient constant differences from D. frazeri to lead 

 us to regard it as more than an eastern variety of that species. 



