Zoology.-] NATUEAL HISTOEY OF VICTOEIA. [Reptiles. 



and willing to aid in any scientific investigation of the natural 

 products of Gippsland, and who with infinite difficulty succeeded 

 in procuring three specimens for me of this River-Lizard. The 

 proverb that "Cows far off have long horns" is ludicrously exem- 

 plified in the case of this Lizard, which has apparently given rise to 

 the rumors of Crocodiles having been seen in Gippsland ; a country 

 so rugged and overgrown with forests and almost impenetrable 

 scrub that it is an extremely rare occurrence for a white man to 

 reach the habitat in which the Physignathus is found, in the upper 

 reaches of the Buchan River. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Plate 81. — Fig. 1, side view, one-half natural size. Fig. la, side view of head, natural size. 

 Fig. lb, top view of head, natural size (the scales of the supraorbital patches too small). Fig. 

 lc, scales of belly, twice natural size. Fig. Id, scales of sides of body, magnified twice. Fig. 

 le, scales of side of tail, magnified two diameters. Fig. 1/, hind foot, natural size, to show 

 projecting scales of edge of toes. Fig. lo, section of tail before doubling of dorsal crest. 

 Fig. Ih, section of tail after doubling of dorsal crest. Fig. It, scales of throat, magnified two 

 diameters. Fig. Ik, rostral and chin plates, natural size. Fig. 2, rostral and chin plates of 

 Queensland specimen to show the difference of proportion of the rostral. 



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