92 VENOMS 



Total leagth, 485 millimetres ; tail 50. 



Habitat : Western and Southern Australia. 



(15) D. nigrescens. — Scales in 15 rows ; 170 — 200 ventrals ; 

 30 — 46 subcaudals. 



Colour dark olive ; head black ; belly yellow. 



Total length, 545 millimetres ; tail 75. 



Habitat : New South Wales and Queensland. 



(IG) D. nigrostriata. — Scales in 15 rows; 180 — 184 ventrals; 

 50 — 64 subcaudals. 



Colour yellow, streaked with black ; head dark brown ; upper 

 lip and belly yellowish-white. 



Total length, 380 miUimetres ; tail 52. 



Habitat : Queensland. 



(17) D. Carpentaria. — Scales in 15 rows ; 166 — 183 ventrals ; 

 31 — 43 subcaudals. 



Colour brown ; upper lip and belly yellowish-white. 

 Total length, 285 millimetres ; tail 47. 

 Habitat : Northern Queensland. 



(18) D. pallidiceps. — Scales in 15 rows ; 170 — 178 ventrals ; 

 37 — 38 subcaudals. 



Colour dark olive-brown ; head somewhat paler ; belly yellowish. 

 Total length, 590 millimetres ; tail 80. 

 Habitat : Northern Australia. 



(19) D. melanura. — Scales in 15 or 17 rows ; 165 — 171 ventrals ; 

 38 — 48 subcaudals. 



Colour dark brown ; head and sides usually reddish ; belly 

 yellow ; tail black. 



Total length, 1,000 millimetres ; tail 140. 

 Habitat : Solomon Islands. 



(20) D. j>a?-.— Scales in 16 rows; 164—166 ventrals; 40—49 

 subcaudals. 



Colour reddish-brown, in broad bands with white intervals ; 

 head blackish-brown ; belly white ; tail with red rings. 

 Total length, 750 milhmetres ; tail 110. 



