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VENOMS 



Habitat : Southern Australia and Tasmania. 



(4) D. iiiucUeri. — Scales ui 17 rows ; IIS ventrals ; 38 sub- 

 caudals. 



Colour grey-brown ; lips and chin with 3'ellow spots ; belly grej'. 

 Total length, 29'2 millimetres; tail 52. 

 Habitat : Queensland. 



(5) D. froiata. — -Scales in 10 rows; 167 ventrals; 85 sub- 

 caudals. 



Colour olive-brown ; upper lip yellow ; belly white. 

 Total length, 890 millimetres ; tail 54. 

 Habitat : Lake Elphinstone, Queensland. 



(()) D. ya)iisa//i (fig. 54). — Scales in 

 15 rows ; 1(34 ventrals ; 51 subcaudals. 

 Colour dark olive -green above, 

 yellow beneath ; subcaudals nearly 

 black. 



Total length, '2(jo millimetres ; 

 tail 50. 



Habitat: New South Wales. 

 (7) I), signata (fig. 55). — Scales in 

 17 rows; 158 — 170 ventrals; 41 — 5(5 

 subcaudals. 



Colour dark olive or black, head 

 brown ; belly dark grey or l)lack. 

 Total length, ()40 millimetres ; tail 120. 

 Habitat : (Queensland, New South Wales. 



(8) D. daemelii. — Scales in 17 rows ; 147 — 1()8 ventrals ; 33 — 

 45 subcaudals. 



Colour olive, head darker ; belly yellowish-white. 

 Total length, 880 millimetres ; tail (30. 

 Habitat : Queensland. 



(9) D. .s//^a.— Scales in 19 rows ; 157—164 ventrals ; 25—30 

 subcaudals. 



Colour pale olive-brown, head dark brown, nape black ; upper 

 lip and belly yellow. 



Fig. 54. — Dcnisonia rainsidji. 



Fig. 55. — Dcnisonia signata. 



