BY CLIVE E. LORD. 77 



It is of interest to notice the remarks co'ncerning the 

 snakes of Tasmania by Ronald Gunn (2) in 1852 : — "The 

 number of species is still undetermined, but there are be- 

 lieved to be at least ten, although it is probable that the 

 young of some kinds may be mistaken for distinct species." 



Krefft supplied ai more exact description, as he stated 

 (3) "Snakes abound, but the number of species is limited 

 to two highly venomous kinds, and a small one, venom- 

 ous but not dangerous." 



CLASSIFICATION. 

 Class REPTILIA. 



Order OPHIDIA. 

 Family COLUBRIN^. 

 Section Froteroglyplia. 



Div. E L A P I N ^. 



Genus Denisonia. 



1. Denisonia superb a (Supei'b or Copper- 



headed Snake). 



2. Denisonia coeonoides (White-lipped Whip 



Snake). 



Genusi Notechis. 



1. Notechis scutatus (Tiger Snake). 



Div. Hydrophin^. 

 Genus Platubus. 



Platurus laticaudatus (Wandering Sea Snake). 



Denisonia superba. 



Superb or Copper-headed Snake. 



Denisonia sujperha, Boula-nger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus. Vol. 



III. p. 335 (1896); 



Waite, Aust. Snakes, p. 55 (1898); 



Smith, Naturalist in Tas. p. 89 (1909); 



Lucas and Le Souef, An. Aust. p. 177 



(1909); 

 Brit. Assocn. Ad. Sc. Tas. Hbk. p. 89 

 (1914). 



Hoplocephalus superhus, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. p. 217 



(1858); 

 Krefft, Sn. Aust. p. 54 (1869); 

 McCoy, Prod. Zoo. Vic. Vol. I. 

 p. 7 (1878). 

 Pawerak of the Aboriginals. 



(2) West's History of Tasmania, Vol. 1., p. 333. 



(3) P. & P. Roy. Soc. Tas.. 1868, p. 102. 



