28 VERTEBRATA OF THE LOWER MURRAY, 



One or two specimens of this Lizard were captured by the 

 natives. 



I had been always under the impression that these reptiles 

 produced 2 or perhaps 3 young only, but not long ago I 

 dissected a large female specimen and took therefrom fifteen 

 well formed young, each about from 5 to 6 inches long. 



This species is prized by the natives as an article of food. 



12. TROPIDOLEPISMA KINGTI. 

 King's Tropidolepisma. 



This species, (the smallest of the genus) is alone found on 

 the Murray, its range extends almost from the east to the west 

 coast, though in the immediate neighbourhood of Sydney it does 

 not occur. 



The number of eggs or young produced by this Lizard has 

 not been ascertained. 



13. DlPLODACTYLUS VITTATUS. 



Yellow Crowned Diplodactyle. 



This little Gecko is rather rare, as not more than 5 specimens 

 were procured through the natives during my stay on the Murray ; 

 its distribution is very extensive, and, in fact, includes almost 

 every part of Australia. The Australian Museum is in possession 

 of specimens from the North East Coast, from the Murrumbidgee, 

 and from South and West Australia. Near Sydney this species 

 is tolerably common. It is oviparous, producing about 6 eggs. 



14. DlPLODACTYLUS ORNATUS. 



Beautiful Diplodactyle. 



I do not think that there is another species of Lizard, so 

 common and so widely distributed as this ; every tree along the 

 river banks harbours large numbers of them, and wherever a 

 piece of dry bank is removed, this little Gecko is sure to be found 

 beneath, in company with various species of Coleoptera, Blattse, 

 and spiders. In stony localities it frequents the shady side of 

 rocks, &c. In its habits this Lizard is truly nocturnal. 



