64. DENDKOPHIS. 83 



Dendrophis gracilis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 1877, p. 15. 

 olivacea, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 1878, p. 220. 



Maxillary teeth. 24 to 26. Eye not longer than its distance from 

 the posterior border of the nostril. Eostral once and a half to ouce 

 and two thirds as broad as deep, visible from above ; internasals 

 nearly as long as or a little longer than the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 once and one fourth to once and a half as long as broad, as long as 

 or a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal once and a half to twice and a half as long 

 as deep ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals usually 1 + 2, 

 rarely 2 + 2, or 1 + 1, anterior very long ; seven or eight (rarely 

 nine) upper labials, fourth and fifth (rarely fifth and sixth) entering 

 the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, the 

 vertebrals about as large as the outer. Ventrals 191-220 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 120-144. Brown or olive above, uniform or 

 with black edges to the scales ; usually some of the scales with a 

 yellowish outer border ; no black stripe on the side of the head ; 

 upper Kp, throat, and anterior ventrals yellowish. 



Total length 1640 millim. ; tail 440. 



Korthern and Eastern Australia. 



A. Ventrals and subcaudals pale olive or brownish, with the keels 



yellowish, but unspotted. 



a. ?, bad state (V. 220; Careenin" Bay, N. J. Hunter, Esq. [P.], 

 C. 137). coast of Australia. (Type.) 



b, c, d-e, f-Q,h. c? (V. 207, Port Essingtou. Lord Derby [P.]. 

 211, 209, 210, 208; 0. (Types of Z). oKmcea audi). /usca.) 

 132, 140, ?, 144, 120), ? 



(V. 21.5; 0.131), &yg. 



(V. 211 ; C. 1-36). 



i. 2 (V. 204 ; 0. 132). N.W. Australia. 



k. 5 (V. 212 ; 0. 137). N. Austraha. J. Stokes, Esq. [C.]. 



Z. Yg. (V. 218; 0. 135). N.E.Australia. Capt. Grey [P.]. 



m. cJ (V. 196 ; 0. 127). Cooktown, N. Queens- Oapt. Drevar [0.]. 



land. 



n. 5 (V. 196; 0.?). Cape York. 



0. cJ (V. 193; 0. 136). Albany Island. J. Gould, Esq. [0.]. 



p. Yg. (V. 204 ; C. 136). Queensland. 



q. S (V. 196 ; C. ?). Moreton Bay. Mr. Strange [P.]. 



r. $ (V. 199; 0.?). North Shore, Sydney. F. M. Eayner, Esq. 



[0.]. 



s-« M. 2 (V. 194; C. ?), New South Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



hgr. (V. 204 ; C. 132), 



& yg. (V. 191 ; C. 126). 



B. Dark olive above, each scale partly black ; posterior ventrals 



marbled with black, or black in the middle with the posterior 

 border and the sides above the keels yellowish white ; subcaudals 

 black, with two yellowish lines following the keels. {D. gracilis, 

 Macleay.) 



a. O (V. 202 ; 0. 127). Queensland. 



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