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tail with from five to seven irregulai' dark-brown, bands ; sides 

 and limbs greyish-olive, marbled with dark-brown; under surfaces 

 yellowish ; throat immaculate, belly variegated with dark-brown 

 reticulations. Tonafue brisjht Prussian-blue. 



Habits. — In its habits this lizard is similar to T. scincoides but is 

 much more active ; when irritated it opens its mouth and snaps 

 from side to side, at the same time making a sound similar to 

 that made by blowing with a bellows. If allowed to seize one's 

 hand it is some time before it can be made to relax its hold. Its 

 food consists of insects, fungus, and probably the fruit of small 

 shrubs. In confinement it will feed on bread and milk and bits 

 of raw meat. 



Mode of reproduction. — Young developed within the body of 

 the parent, twelve or fourteen being brought forth at a time. 



Distribution. — Victoria : Ringwood, Mordialloc, Frankston 

 (Melb. Mus.); Oakleigh, Phillip Island, Plenty Ranges, Fernsliaw, 

 Grampians (L. and F.). 



Range outside Victoria. — South Australia, Tasmania. 



TiLIQUA OCCIPITALIS, PetcrS. • 



Cydodus occipitalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1863, p. 231 ; 

 Strauch, Bull. Ac, St. Petersb., x., 1866, p. 456. 



Cydodus fasciatus, Liitken, Vidensk., Meddel., 1862 (1863), 

 p. 292, pi. i., fig. 1 ; Strauch, I.e. 



Description. — " Frontonasal in contact with the rostral and 

 with the frontal ; three (or two) supraoculars, first largest ; four 

 or five supraciliaries ; interparietal narrower than the parietals ; 

 scales on the occiput longer than broad ; anterior temporals not 

 larger than the others ; ear-opening a little larger than the eye- 

 opening with three obtuse lobules. Scales smooth, forty to forty- 

 two round the middle of the body, latei'als a little smaller than 



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