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VOLUME II, Part 16. REPTILIA. 
Exclusive of Geckonidae and Scincidae. 
By Dr. Franz Werner (Vienna). 
Pp. 251-278, with Plates XIV and XV, and 3 figures in 
the text. 
This part deals with the Reptilia except the rich material 
of the families Geckonidae and Scincidae, which will be treated 
in another part. The collection contains three new species, a 
snake of the genus Pseudechis and two lizards of the genera 
Aprasia and Physignathus. 
TESTUDINATA. 
Family CHELON 1 1 DAE. 
Clielonia mydas, L. — Barrow Island. 
Caretta caretta, L. — Bernier Island. 
Family CHELYDIDAE. 
Chelodina oblonga, Gray. — Albany. 
OPHIDIA. 
Of the 99 species of snakes known from the Australian 
continent, only 23, or less than a quarter, have been found in 
Western Australia. The Hamburg collection contains 12 of these. 
Family TYPHLOPIDAE. 
Typhlops australis, Gray. — Subiaco, Rottnest. 
,, bituber culatus, Peters. — ? 
Family COLUBRIDAE. 
(PROTEROGLYPHAE.) 
Diemenia psammophis, Schlegel. — Xortham. 
„ nuchalis, Gunther. — Baba Head in Edel-land, Rottnest. 
Pseudechis denisonioides, n. sp. — Eradu. 
Denisonia coronata , Schlegel. — Subiaco, Jarrahdale, Lunenberg 
Boyanup, South Albany. 
„ gouldi, Gray. W. Australia. 
Notechis scutatus, Peters. — Mundijong. 
Rhynchelaps bertholdi, Jan. — Subiaco, York. 
„ semiiasciatus, Gunther. — Subiaco. 
Furina bimaculata, DB. — Buckland Hill near Fremantle 
,, calonota, DB. — Subiaco. 
Enhydris hardmekii, Gray. — Sharks Bay (Useless Inlet). 
The 13 other species recorded from Western Australia are 
as follows : — 
Python spiloles, White. 
Diemenia modesta. Gunth. 
