Waite and Longman — Descriptions of Snakes 



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Loc. Cecil Plains. S. Oueeiislaiul (type); Cannon Creek, S. Qld. ; Kooral- 

 b}n Station, S. Old. (contained fifteen immature eggs); Range, Toowoomlja. 

 S. (Jld, 



PscudccJiis giittatiis may l)e distinguished from P. aiistralis Gray and 

 P. rnllctti Boulenger by its smaller number of ventrals. From P. dciiisonioidcs 

 it may be separated Ijy its shorter frontal and divided anal. The presence of two 

 anterior tenqiorals distinguishes it from P. riiprciis. 



Total Lciu/tli. 12,i5 mm.; tail 180 mm. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES of PSEUDECHIS. 



a. Anterior subcaudals single 



b. Scales in 17 rows on the body 

 c. Anal divided 



d. Frontal once and one-fourth to once 

 and two-thirds as long as broad; 

 rostral scarcely broader than deep, 

 anal very e.xceptionally entire ... porphyriacus 



Belly blue ... ... var. mortoneiisis 



dd. F'rontal nearly twice as long as broad; 



rostral scarcely broader than deep... cupreiis 

 ddd. Frontal once and two-thirds to twice 

 as long as broad; rostral considerably 

 broader than deep ... ... aiistralis 



dddd. F rontal as broad as long, wdder than 



the supraocular... ... ... darxciitiensis 



cc. Anal entire 



Frontal almost twice as long as wide, rostral 



wider than deep ... ... ... denisonioidcs 



bb. Scales in 19 or 21 rows on the body 



e. Frontal as broad as tlie sujiraocular 



f. \'entrals 221-224 ... ... ... papiiauns 



ff. Ventrals 181-193 ... ... ... gnffatus 



ee. Frontal much narrower than supraocular ... collctti 

 aa. Subcaudals all in pairs, scales in 23 rows 

 g. Anal entire 



h. Frontal twice as long as broad ... ... sciitcUatus 



hh. Frontal once and a half as long as broad ... luicrolepidotiis 

 gg. Anal divided ... ... ... ... ... ferox 



