Zoology.'] 



NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. 



[^lieptilia. 



front; alxlominal plates (4) rectang-ulnr, transversely oblong-; femorals (6), 

 trapezoidal or subtriang'ular with curved base and truncated apex ; anals (6) rliom- 

 boidal, with two short and two longer sides. Head long-, much flattened behind, 

 obtusely pointed, rounded in front, jaws feeble with simple edges; skin of front and 

 a large, rhomboidal s])ace between the eyes smooth; temples and rest of head 

 covered with small, ])olygonal or oval, juxtaposed scales. Neck slender, slightly 

 depressed, covered above with convex, oval, flattened tubercles, and below with fine, 

 longitudinal ridges on the throat, rarely tuberculated on the more jiosterior part of 

 the underside ; four or five scale-like, transverse, chevron-shaped folds on the front 

 of the arm, four or five larger, triangular plates on outer side of arm, and several 

 similar ones cross the toes ; two rows (one of six, the other of three) of transverse, 

 scale-like folds on hinder part of tarsus ; webs wide to base of claws with notched 

 edges; claws long, compressed, moderately curved ; tail and posterior part of body 

 covered with triangular, more or less flattened tubercles; tail very short, compi'essed, 

 scarcely exceeding- end of carapace. Colour: Carapace very dark brown, or 

 blackisli ; sternum and lower surface of marginal plates rich yellow ochre, with dark 

 brown borders to the sutures, varying- in width, sometimes narrow, but sometimes so 

 wide as almost to obliterate the yellow on the sternal and lower side of marginal 

 plates ; throat and underside of neck, arms, and thighs whitish ; head and upper 

 surface of limbs and rest of body blackish grey; lower jaw bright yellow; iris 

 yellowish white. 



Measueements. 



Length of carapace 



Greatest ^yidth at last margino-Iateral plate (19) 



Depth from middle of sternum to middle of 



carapace 

 Lengtli of nuchal plate (10) 

 AVidth in front 

 Outer margin of — 



1st marginal plate — anterior or margino- 



collar plate (12)... 



2nd 

 3rd 

 4th 

 5th 

 6th 

 7th 

 8th 

 9 th 

 10th 

 11th 



margino-hrachial ( 1 3) 

 margino-hrachial (14) 

 margino-lateral (15) 

 margino-lateral (16) 

 margino-lateral (17) 

 margino-lateral (18) 

 margino-lateral (19) 

 margino-femoral (20) 

 margino-fcmoral (21) 

 margino-femoral (22) 



Outer margin of each caudal i)late (11) 

 Length of 1st vertebral plate (1) 

 Greatest width at front ... 

 Width behind 



Length of 2nd vertebral plate (2) 

 Greatest width a little behind middle 

 Length of 3rd vertebral plate (3) . 

 Greatest width at middle ... 

 Length of 4th vertebral plate (4) 

 Greatest width about middle 



Female 



with large 



ovary, 

 June 1883. 



Ins. lines. 

 7 

 4 10 



2 3 

 8 

 5 



Male, from 

 Gippsland, 

 June 1883. 



Ins. lines. 

 7 3 

 4 10 



1 





 

 

 

 

 



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1 



11 



8 



9 



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7 







9 



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9 



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11 



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 1 

 I 







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1 



3* 

 11 



3 

 8 

 5 



Young 

 male, from 

 Gippsland, 

 nth June 



1883. 



Ins. lines. 

 5 6 

 4 1 



1 11 

 7 

 5i 





1 1 



11 



9 



10 



9 



8 



10 



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lo" 



10 



11 

 2 

 4 



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2 

 1 



10 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



1 

 1 



8 



9 



8 



8 



5 



6 



8 



8 



8 



8 



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Gi 



2" 



6 



10 



11 



1 

 10 

 11 





 



* Divided into two. 



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