94 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
Sept., 1924 
The same lad also secured an interesting bat, Taphozous 
flavivenlris, which is by no means common. The ventral 
surface in this s]>eeimen was pure white. A skull of the 
common '‘flying-fox,’^ Pteropus poliocephalus, was also 
picked up, but as this large, winged mammal has consid- 
erable powers of flight it was probably a visitor from the 
mainland. 
Mr. J. Edgar Young, who is doing some very useful 
collecting for the Museum, tra])[)ed three specimens of 
bufly-brown rats, allied to, but apparently distinct from 
Rattus conatus of the mainland. These specimens were 
all males, and it is hoped that females will be obtained 
later, but the material represents an interesting addition 
to the faiina of Queensland. 
The writer obtained a live specimen of a carpet snake, 
8 feet 8 inches in length, which looked as though its 
island diet was somewhat meagre. This was an luuisual 
variety of this eonimon and variable python, being light 
brown, with somewliat regular dark cross-])ands. Xo 
other snakes were seen. 
Among the lizards ohiaiiied were live specimens of 
the ‘‘Lance-head.” Lialis burtoni, a snake-like reptile 
that usually ]>ays the penalty for its resemblance, and of 
The common ‘‘Jew” or Rearded Lizard, Amphiholurus 
barbatus. Both these lizards are common species and 
exteiid from West Australia to the Queensland coast. 
Diporophora australis, one of the smaller dragon 
lizards, wavs also obtained, this being a common mainland 
species. A single specimen was obtained of a small skink 
in the Liole])isma groii]) of Lygosoma, and this is prob- 
ably new to science, hut further materia! is necessary 
before satisfactory work can be done. The same state- 
ment ai)plies to a singles mutilated specimen oi Able- 
pharus. 
In IDlo, .Mr. W. W. McMillan, who was then stationer 
at Moreton Island, forwarded a tiny, snake-like skink. 
which proved to be the very rare Lygosoma truncatum. 
This was descril)ed in ISTb as (’oloscincus truncatus by 
Peters from a single specimen collected at Peel Island. 
Moreton l^ay. rluring a visit of the tS.M.y. “Gazelle” of 
the German* Xavy in 1875. A])parently only these two 
specimens of this elusive lizard have been secured. 
Tt is obvious from 1lie two or three distinctive species 
noted above and from the presence of the unique “More- 
ton Bay 8un-fish.” Rhadinocentrus ornatus. Tale Regan 
(described elsewhere) that the fauna of this large island 
