Zoology.'] NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. [Reptiles. 



Measurements — continued. 



Greatest width of frontal plate 

 Length of inter-parietal 

 Greatest width of inter-parietal 

 Height of rostral plate 



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Diameter of ear ... 



Length from tip of snout to anterior edge of shoulder 



„ of anterior limb to tip of longest claw 



,, of longest toe and claw 



„ from. anterior edge of shoulder to anterior edge of thigh 



„ of hind limb to extremity of longest claw 



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Girth round middle of body- 

 Number of transverse rows of scales in 1 inch at middle of back 

 „ „ longitudinal „ „ „ „ 



Reference. = Scincus nigroluteus, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uran., Rept. t. 41 

 = Cyclodus id. Wagler Syst. Amph., p. 162. 



This species is very like the C. gigas (Bod.), figured in our 

 Plate 72, hut is readily distinguished by the shortness of the first, 

 or most anterior, row of the temporal plates behind the posterior 

 oculars, as compared with the much greater length of the next 

 succeeding ones, while in C. gigas the anterior ones are double 

 the length of the next posterior .ones. It is also distinguished by 

 the longitudinal rows of large, rounded, light blotches of yellow, 

 instead of the more numerous, irregular, transverse, alternately 

 dark and light bands of the former species. 



Not uncommon about Melbourne, where it is generally called 

 "Blue-tongued Lizard," or "Sleepy Lizard." When kept in con- 

 finement it feeds on bread and milk, lapping the milk readily. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Plate 131. — Fig. 1, average specimen, half the natural size. Fig. la, outline of plates of 

 top of head, half the natural size. Fig. lb, outline of plates of side of head, half tbe 

 natural size, showing the characteristic shortness of first row of plates behind the posterior 

 sub-orbitals. Fig. lc, two plates of back, natural size. 



Frederick McCoy. 



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