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VERTEBRATA OF THE LOWER MURRAY, 



pine forests, or mallee scrub, affording the agile reptiles unusual 

 facilities for escape during the summer. In the cold season these 

 creatures, owing to the nature of the country, retreat into the 

 ground, so that they can only be obtained with great difficulty ; 

 and this is the cause that the collection made during my sojourn 

 on the Murray was but a scanty one. 



Those which were observed belonged to the following 

 genera : 



SAURIA. 



b. Geissosaura. 



CHELONIA. 1. Chelodina. 



f-a. Leptoglossae. 2 . Hydrosaurus. 



r 3. Pygopus. 



4. Lialis. 

 5 7. Hinulia. 



8. Mocoa. 



9. Siaphos. 



10. Trachydosaurus. 



11. Cydodus. 



12. Tropidolepisma. 

 1315. Diplodactylus. 



^c. Pachyglossee. ^ 16 18. Pliyllurus. 



19 22. Grammatophora. 

 not venomous. 23. Morelia. 



( 24. Acanthophis. 



25 26. Diemenia. 

 venomous 1 27 28. Pseudechis 



29. Hoplocephalus. 



30. Tjimnodynastes. 

 3133. .EfyZa. 



34. Pelodryas. 



OPHIDIA. 



BATRACHIA. 



CHELONIA. 



I. CHELODINA LONGICOLLIS. 

 The long-necked Tortoise. 



This aquatic reptile is found in considerable numbers in the 

 Murray and its tributaries. It affords food to the natives, 

 especially during the summer, when the lagoons are dry, as it can 



