Zoology.'\ NATUEAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. {Reptiles. 



the popular name "Sleepy Lizai^d" as well as "Blue-tongue" 

 comes to be applied to both. 



The specimen figured is from near Melbourne. There has been 

 no good figure of this creature hitherto published, with sufficient 

 detail to be useful for accurate identification of the species. 



Explanation op Figukes. 



Plate 72, — Fig, 1, specimen one-half natural size. Fig, la, plates of side of head. 

 Fig. \b, plates of top of head. Fig. \c, scales of back, natural size. Fig. \d, teeth, magnified two 

 diameters. 



Frederick McCoy. 



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