paii.wnin Ituyt-llum (McCoy, I87S) 

 hlllc Whip Snake 



This is readily distinguished hum 

 Victorian species by the head 

 r ,,uem. which has two distinct dark 

 Riches. I he lirst 61 ihesc hegins on 

 •he r-OStrttI scale, and extends back 

 onto the nasals and intcrnasals, while 

 hi second extends from the anterior 

 holder of the frontal, back over the 

 entire head and mipe for some six 

 HI seven \ cerebrals. This leaves a pale 

 ximl across the snoul in the region 

 of the prefrontals, which immediately 

 qKiraics this species from any other 

 Mack-headed Victorian Dcmsoniu. 

 Mlhough listed m the BteralUre as 

 ihivinc 17 scale rows, ten of the 

 vjscnty specimens counted had only 

 B rows at mid-body. 

 l)i\iribt<tioit: I he Museum has speci- 

 mens from the liyre Peninsula, S.A., 

 ihrongh southern Victoria to the Mel 

 bourne area, and then northwards, on 

 ihc western side of the Grcal Divid- 

 n.c Range to the A.C.I 



DtHisoniit una (Peters. IXf>3) Curl 

 Snake 



ThiS species can be identified by 

 foth scalation and colour. It always 

 fog 19 Scale rows at mid-body (JJ- 

 I" m the QthCI species under diseus- 

 Sta5)i and i t^ head colouring is dis- 

 tinct in that the pre- and post-oculars 

 jic pale, and separated from the 

 upper lalnulx which are also pale, by 

 I dork lateral stripe which extends on 

 Hph sule FrOlri the temporals forward, 

 in n eet on the rostral. In older speci- 

 mens i he black hood on the head 

 lends to fade, although (he lateral 

 kad slrire remains piominent. 

 Hiuuluttioii: Contined lo the north 

 eentriil and north-west within Vic 

 ■ in... and extending into South \us 

 iraliu. Northern Territory, south-west 

 Otieenslaiid and New South Wales, 



Ihnnonni tlwvi-ri (Worrell, 1951) 

 Dwycr's Snake 



This species has been eonfused vmiIi 

 Gould's Snake. I), geuldii which is 

 conlined to Western Australia. It 

 dilfers from Q, y,oul<iii in cither lack 

 iug. or having a much paler reticu- 

 lated pattern over the body, having 

 a flatter head, and a shorter, heavier 

 body. The black head patch covers 

 the entire head, except for the pre- 



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Figure i 



Por-al aspect of heads of: 



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