46 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



Ampiiibolurus ANfJULiFER, Gray. 



Grammatophora a/igiiiifera, vai-. 1, Gray, Cat., p. 252. 



Grammatophora imiricata, var. diemensis, Gray, Grey's Trav. 

 Austr. ii., ^. 439. 



Agama ccetaticeps, Smith, 111. S. Afr. Rept., pi. Ixxiv. 



Grain matophora angutifera, Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, pi. 

 xviii., tig. 3. 



Description — " Habit stout. Head short, snout as long as the 

 diameter of the orbit; nostril equally distant from the eye and the 

 tip of the snout, tympanum measuring nearly half the diameter 

 of the orbit, upper head-scales rough, strongly keeled. Sides of 

 neck strongly plicate and studded with small spines ; a distinct 

 dorso-lateral fold. Gular scales a little smaller than ventrals, 

 keeled. Body much depressed, covered above with very irregular 

 strongly keeled scales intermixed with enlarged spinose ones ; the 

 latter form a zig-zag series on each side of the vertebral region, 

 the scales of which are not enlarged, and a longitudinal series 

 following the dorso-lateral fold ; they are irregularly scattered on 

 the flanks ; ventral scales strongly keeled and mucronate. Limbs 

 and digits short ; the adpressed hind-limb reaches the tympanum 

 or between the latter and the orbit ; spinose scales scattered on 

 the limbs. Femoral pores four to six on each side, not extending 

 beyond the basal half of the thighs ; prseanal pores two to five 

 on each side. Tail round, depressed at the base, once and two- 

 thirds to once and three-fourths as long as head and body, above 

 with five longitudinal series of strongly enlarged spinose scales. 

 Colour. — Brown above, sides darker ; a festooned dark-brown, 

 black-edged band along the back ; lower surfaces pale-brown, 

 usually dotted or reticulated with darker. 



Total length 199 mm. 



Head 20 



Width of head 17 



Body 56 



Fore-limb ... ... 32 



Hind-limb 47 



Tail 123 „ "— Boulenger. 



Habits. — Met with amongst rocks at considerable elevations in 

 the mountains. 



