Zoology^ NATUEAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. 



lUeptiles. 



Plate 191, Fig. 1. 



HINULIA WHITE! (Lac£p. sp.). 

 White's Hiniilia Lizard. 



n [ g'^°"^ HINULIA (Gray) :<LYGOSOMA (Dum. and Bib). (Sub-kingdom Vertebrata 

 Class Reptiha. Order Sauria. Sub-order Leptoglos8a>. Tribe oLsosaura My ScinS] 



in frn^?" ZlZ.VF'"^^ .^''^°T' ^^'l ^""'^ed, tapering. Head subquadrate, obtusely pointed 

 nf r,=i T , "T' ^"'"'SnluT or hexagonal from truncation of the angles nostril in middle 

 of nasal plate, without posterior groove ; no supranasal plates , frontal oblong hexagonal 

 ?±'' '°°!W'''' r'"' ''"'P triangular notch ; fronto-parietal plateL two, separate f' lower°eyel d 

 nn .f h 7 , '?'",' ; ears small, lobed in front. Limbs moderate ; five simple, comprlssed toe^ 



two mL?P ,;rp '' °^ ^""^ ^°n ^r'^''"^ "'^"^ '°''' °^ •=°°'<=^1 g'^*°»'e^- Sea es smoo h tl in 

 ti\o middle preanal ones, usually larger than the adjoining ones.] 



Description.— Profile of head flat from hind margin to hind edge of eye, thence 

 abruptly arched to obtuse snout ; no groove behind nostril, but a sli-ht vertical 

 groove from it to lower edge of nasal plate ; rostral hexagonal, vertical apex touchino- 

 prefrontal or internasal plate separating the nasals; prefrontal transversely rhombic" 

 wider than long, about equalling rostral in length, touching first of a row of four 

 trenal plates by each lateral angle; fronto-nasals hexagonal, slightly shorter than 

 prefrontal, he two lender edo-es of which they join, meeting in the middle, separat- 

 ing the prefrontal by half Its length from the frontal; frontal quadrangular, obtuse- 

 angled in front, tapering to a point behind, not twice as long as wide, a little longer 

 than the fronto-parietals; parietals and interparietal of moderate size; four 

 occipital plates the inner pair larger than the outer one, on each side, behind the 

 parietals; fifth and parts of fourth and sixth labials below eye; three laro-e 

 temporals; six supraoculars, third largest; eight to ten superciliary plates; four 

 oreal plates Ear-opening a little smaller than eye. Scales of side a little smaller 

 than those of back and belly, forty round middle of body, smooth, those of belly with 

 three faint longitudinal striae; central preanal scales not perceptibly larger than the 

 others. Limbs moderate, with slender toes, the hinder part of sole studded with 

 blunt conical tubercles. Colour: Very pale yellowish-brown above and on under- 

 side of tail and legs ; sides and belly bluish from side of head to base of tail; edg-es 

 of eyelids and lobes on front edge of ear pure white; nape with five broad, black, and 

 SIX whitish, longitudinal stripes; the middle black one disappears over the shoulder 

 letting the two next whitish stripes coalesce to form a broad, distinct, light stripe 

 down middle of back; the two next black stripes on each side coalesce to form two 

 broad, very conspicuous, longitudinal stripes, one on each side of midline of back 

 the intervening light streak on each side of nape continued as a row of round or 

 kidney-shaped, light, very conspicuous spots in middle of broad black stripes (some- 

 times double, and sometimes breaking into a short row of two or three small spots); 

 the black bands of the back are continued on the tail as rows of irregular black spots 

 farst seven, then, about halfway, three, and disappearing towards end of tail; a 

 broad, distinct, whitish band, like median dorsal one, on each side boundino- the 

 b ack one; and outside this on each side the marking is very variable, alw^ays a 

 bluish-grey ground, with black markings either irregular marbling or defining- one 

 or two rows of rounded light spots; chin, lips, and cheeks whitish with S few 

 irregular, longitudinal dark markings on cheek, lips, and temple, and occasional 



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