50 AUSTRALIAN SNAKES. 



Plain Whip Snake. 



Dieinenia inodesta, Giinther 

 S. 17, Y. 154-165, A. 2, S.C. 38-51 pairs. 

 Western Australia ; length, 1 foot 6 inches. 



t Brown Snake* 



Diemenia text ills, Dumeril and Bibron. 

 Plate 8. 



S. 17, V. 190-232, A. 2, S.C. 46-73 pairs. 



This deadly snake has a very extensive distribution 

 in Australia. In color it is pale brown above, and dirty 

 white beneath, the belly scales clouded with grey. 

 The young, produced from eggs (as in all members of 

 this genus), are very pale in color, with many black 

 rings, which extend from head to tail ; sometimes these 

 rings never wholly disappear, the most persistent 

 forming a collar ; on the other hand, some specimens, 

 even when young, have no rings ; and I know of 

 both plain and ringed examples having been hatched 

 from the same batch of eggs. The blotches on the 

 belly are more constant, but are rather indistinct in 

 young individuals. The Brown Snake reaches a length 



* Deadly species are deuoted by a +. 



