Zoologi/.} NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. [Reptiles. 



scales quadrate, with a slight keel, obsolete on many of them ; over the neck small 

 conical tubercles with compressed summit ; scales on sides of neck keeled, rhomboidal, 

 with posterior ang-le forming- a straight spine ; scales of sides of body and upper part 

 of tail in vertical bands of little quadrate tubercles, each with a keel, most prominent 

 at the posterior angle; not imbricated; amongst these the irregular vertical rows of 

 three-sided spinous tubercles with wide rounded base ; scales of legs strongly keeled, 

 except on under-side of thighs and legs, where they are smooth, large on front of 

 thighs, small behind, moderate elsewhere; a few much larger, rhomboidal, more 

 strongly keeled plates among the others; scales of sides of tail in vertical bands, and 

 so strongly keeled as to form conspicuous longitudinal ridges. Color; — Entire 

 upper surface and sides of head, body, and toes dark-olive (sometimes with a 

 brownish u})per skin, below which the dark color is seen), with a row of 20 large 

 rounded jet-black spots along the dorsal crest, those of tail extending downwards 

 as dark-olive bands separated by narrow, much lighter bands; a dark band from e3'e 

 to ear, which it encloses with a jet-black patch, another round black s})Ot over the 

 shoulder ; pouch irregularly marked with broad longitudinal bands of dark indigo- 

 blue and the richest cadmium yellow; breast and belly blackish in figured specimen, 

 but dirty yellow with occasional small black flecks in other individuals ; sides of 

 head light-olive ; a few irregular black spots on head and back and sides. 



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