21. AMPHIBOITJETTS. 387 



annuli ; sometimes a regular series of large brown spots on each side 

 ot tlie vertebral region ; throat reticulate with grey : chest frequently 

 brownish m the male. ^ J 



Total length 195 mUlim. 



Head 20 



Width of head 19 ',] 



Body 60 '' 



Fore limb 32 



Hind limb 51 



Tan 115 ;; 



West Australia. 



a-b. cJ2- W.Australia. Mr. Gilbert [0.1. (Types.) 



c-d.^. W.Australia. Mr. Duboulay [0."" 



e-ff. 5 & hgr. Perth, W. Australia. Mr. Duboulay "0. 



^- Yg. Nicol Bay, N.W. Mr. Duboulay [0. 



Australia. 



«-»s. d,?, &yg. Champion Bay, N.W. Mr. Duboulay [0.]. (Types 



Australia. of Grammatophora Icevis.) 



9. Amphibolnrus adelaideusis. 



Grammatophora angulifera, var. 2, Gi-ay, Cat. p. 253. 

 Grammatophora muricata, var. adelaidensis, Gray, in Grey, Austr. 



ii. p. 439. 

 adelaidensis, Gray, Zool. Erehm 8/- Terror, Rept. pi. xvMi. 



flg. 2. 



Habit stout. Head short ; snout nearly as long as the diameter 

 of the orbit j nostril equally distant from the eye and the end of 

 the snout ; tympanum scarcely half the diameter of the orbit ; upper 

 head-scales strongly keeled ; small spinose tubercles on the back of 

 the head ; sides of neck strongly plicate ; a more or less distinct 

 dorso-lateral fold. Gular scales smaller than ventrals, keeled. Body 

 much depressed, covered with irregular strongly keeled scales, largest 

 on the vertebral region, intermixed with enlarged trihedral spinose 

 scales forming very irregular longitudinal series ; a more or less 

 regular vertebral series of enlarged scales ; ventral scales keeled. 

 Limbs short, the adpressed hind limb reaching the shoulder or the 

 neck in females, the tympanum or a little beyond in males ; scales 

 on upper surface of limbs unequal, strongly keeled. A series of 

 twenty to thirty pores extending on more than the proximal half of the 

 thighs, continuous or interrupted on the praeanal region. Tail round, 

 depressed at the base, not once and two thirds the length of head and 

 body ; scales strongly keeled at the base with four or five longitudinal 

 series of enlarged ones, the outer series, on the side, composed of 

 large trihedral tubercles. Pale olive-grey above, vdth a regular 

 series of angular dark brown, white-edged spots on each side of the 

 vertebral region, and another more or less regular along each side ; 

 head with symmetrical dark markings ; Umbs with irregular dark 



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