140 VENOMS 
Fic. 84.—Platurus laticaudatus (syn. P. fischeri). 
(After Sir Joseph Fayrer.) 
(9) Aipysurus. 
Maxillaries a little longer 
than the ectopterygoids ; 
poison-fangs moderate, fol- 
lowed, after a short interval, 
by 8—10 grooved teeth ; 
anterior mandibular teeth 
feebly grooved. Snout 
short ; head shields large, 
or broken up into scales. 
Body moderate; scales 1m- 
bricate; ventrals. large, 
keeled in the middle. 
A. australis.—Brown, or 
cream-colour, with brown 
spots forming more or less 
distinct cross-bars. 
Total length, 930 milli- 
metres ; tail 110. 
Habitat : Coasts of New 
Guinea and Australia. 
Other species of Atpy- 
SURUS (A. eydowxii, annu- 
latus, and levis) are found 
on the coasts of Singapore, 
Java, Celebes, and the 
Philippine and Loyalty 
Islands. 
(10) Platurus. 
(Figs. 83, 84.) 
Two large poison-fangs, and only one or two small solid teeth 
near the posterior extremity of the maxillary. Head shields large ; 
