94 VENOMS 
(1) H. bungaroides (Syn. H. variegatus. The Broad-headed 
Snake).—204—221 ventrals ; 40—56 subcaudals. 
Colour black on the back, with yellow spots forming more or 
less regular cross-bands on the body; upper lip yellow, margined 
with black ; belly blackish, yellow on the sides. 
Total length, 1,620 millimetres ; tail 210. 
Habitat : New South -Wales. 
(2) H. bitorquatus (fig. 58)—Ventral scales strongly angulate 
laterally, 191—227 ; subcaudals 44—59. 
Colour olive-green ; head pale 
olive, with a bright yellow occipital 
blotch, and a large black blotch on 
each side of the nape; a par of 
small spots in front of and between 
Fic. 58. —Hoplocephalus bitorquatus. the eyes; three black transverse 
blotches on the vertex ; belly greyish- 
olive or brown. 
Total length, 510 millimetres ; tail 95. 
Habitat : Queensland, New South Wales. 
(3) H. stephensit.—239 ventrals ; 60 subcaudals. 
Body barred alternately with black and white; the black bars 
are twice as broad as the white ones; head dark, spotted with 
yellow ; a W-shaped yellow mark on the back of the head. 
Total length, 760 millimetres. 
Habitat: Port Macquarie, New South Wales. 
(i) Tropidechis. 
Same general characters; nasal shield entire; scales on the 
body strongly keeled, in 23 rows. Tail moderate; subcaudals in 
a single row. 
T. carinatus.—Colour dark olive, with darker cross-bands ; 
belly yellow, more or less tinged with olive-green. 
Total length, 730 millimetres ; tail 120. 
Habitat : New South Wales, Queensland. 
