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AUSTRALIAN SNAKES. 



T. bilubercitlatus, Peters. Queensland, New South 



Wales, South and Central Australia ; 



length, 12J inches. 

 '-^y T. unguirostris^ Peters. North-western Australia, 



Queensland, New South Wales, West, 



South, and Central Australia : len2:tlK 



1 foot o inches. 

 7\ waitii, Boulenger. Queensland ; length, 1 foot 



8 inches. 

 T. affinis, Boulenger. Queensland ; length, 6| 



inches. 

 T. pinguis, Waite. South Australia ; length, 



1 foot 2 inches. 

 7\ oIivaceus,Gvaj. North-west Australia; length, 



1 foot 4 inches. 

 y. divei'sus, Waite. Queensland; length, 8| inches. 

 T. nigricauda, Boulenger. Northern and Western 



Australia ; length, 12^- inches. 



PYTHONS and ROCK SNAKES. 



Family BOID.^, 



Among the largest of snakes, the Pythons are 

 fortunately harmless. They are night-loving, and 

 wlien found in daylight are usually at rest. The eggs 

 of snakes are generally hatched by the heat of the sun, 

 or by that produced by decaying matter among which 

 they may be deposited. The eggs of Pythons require 

 more warmth, and this is supplied by the parent snake, 



