644 LIZARDS OF NORTH QUEENSLAND, 



in nasal. No supranasal. Fronto-nasal half broader than long, 

 broadly in contact with rostral, just touching the frontal. Frontal 

 slightly longer than fronto-parietals, in contact with 1st and 2nd 

 supraoculars. Four supraoculars, the 4th larger than the 1st, the 

 2nd and 3rd subequal. Seven supi'aciliaries. Fronto-parietals 

 united about as broad as long. Interparietal small. Parietals 

 forming a median suture. One pair of nuchals and one pair of 

 temporals border the parietals. Five upper labials in front of the 

 subocular. Ear opening round, smaller than transparent disc, 

 surrounded by small lobules, the anterior ones largest. Thirty- 

 eight scales round the body, bi- and tri-carinate irregularly 

 arranged. Prteanals very slightly enlarged. Hind limb reaches 

 'axilla. Fore limb with four digits, hind limb pentadactyle. 

 Twenty-six to twenty-seven subdigital lamellae under 4th toe. 



Light olive with on back large irregular spots or blotches of 

 black each covering 2-4 scales; in the lateral region the spots 

 form a reticulation especially by the side of the neck. Spots 

 continued to the toes and to the point of the tail. Head above 

 unspotted, laterally the upper labials are edged with black. 

 Each lower labial has a black spot largest in posterior ones. 



Total length 102 mm. Fore limb 15 mm. 



Head 12 „ Hind limb....' 22 „ 



Width of head 7 „ Tail 60 „ 



Body 30 „ 



Loc. — Muldiva, N. Queensland. 



The name of the township is a corruption of the aboriginal 

 name for the creek Mundiva after which I have named the species. 



Ablepharus tenuis. Broom (Ann. Mag. N.H. (6) xviii., Oct. 

 1896, p. 342).— Rare. 



Ablepharus ornatus, Broom (I.e. p. 343). — Not common. 



Ablepharus boutonii, Desj., var. peronii, Coct. — Widely dis- 

 tributed and moderately common. 



Varanus gouldii, Grai/. — Native name Won go. Though this 

 moderately large monitor is fairly common further east, it is 



