226, ACANTHOPHIS. 855 
1. Acanthophis antarcticus. 
Merrem, Beitr. ii. p. 20, pl. xiii. (1790), 
Boa antarctica, Shaw, Nat. Mise. pl. ececexxxy. (1794). 
alpebrosa, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 862 (1802). 
Acanthophis cerastinus, Daud. Rept. y. p. 289, pl. lxyii. (1803) ; 
Guér. Icon. R. A., Rept. pl. xxii. (1844); Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1889 
(1854). 
brownii, Leach, Zool. Mise. i. pl. iii. (1814). 
Ophryas acanthophis, Merr. Tent. p. 147 (1820). 
Vipera acanthophis, Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 606, pl. xxi. figs. 21-23 
(1837). 
Acanthophis antarctica, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 71 (1842), and Cat. 
p. 34 (1849) ; Krefft, Sn. Austral. p. 80, pl. x. & pl. xi. fig. 7 
(1869) ; MeCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., Dec. 2, p. 11, pl. xii. (1878) ; 
Peters & Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, p. 91; McCay, 
Proce. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) iv. 1890, p. 893, pls. xxv.-xxvil. ; 
Boetig. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1892, p. 155. 
levis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. ii. 1877, p. 40; 
Douglas Ogilby, Rec. Austral. Mus. i. 1890, p. 99. 
—— prelongus, Ramsay, Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S.W. ii. 1877, p. 72. 
Head with elevated sides, the lores very oblique. Eye much 
shorter than its distance from the mouth. Rostral large, twice as 
broad as deep, with horizontal edge, its upper portien measuring 
one half to two thirds its distance from the frontal; internasals as 
long as broad, or a little broader than long, as long as or shorter 
than the prefrontals ; frontal narrower than the supraocular, twice 
as long as broad, as long as or a little shorter than its distance 
from the end of the snout, as long as or a little longer than the 
parietals ; supraocular often raised and angular, horn-like (Boa 
palpebrosa, Shaw, A. levis, Macl.) ; upper head-shields more or less 
rugose or striated; nasal large, in contact with the single pre- 
ocular; two postoculars ; two or three suboculars, separating the 
eye from the labials; temporals 2-3+2-4; six or seven upper 
labials; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are as long as or a little shorter than the posterior. 
Scales in 21 or 23 rows, dorsals more or less distinctly, sometimes 
very faintly keeled. Ventrals 113-130; anal entire; subcaudals 
41-51, the 5 to 27 last divided. Yellowish, reddish, or greyish 
_ brown above, with more or less distinct dark cross-bands, with or 
without small black spots ; lips with black or blackish spots or bars ; 
sides spotted with black ; belly yellowish white, uniform or more or 
less spotted with brown or black; end of tail yellow or black. 
Total length 850 millim.; tail 150. 
Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia. 
a. do (Se. 21; V. 114; Ceram. - Dr. Bleeker. 
', 46). 
b-d. $ (Se. 21; V.116; N. Ceram. 
C. 50), 2 (Se. 21; 
V. 120; C. 44), & yg. 
(Sc. 21; V.121; C.?). 
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