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HORN EXPEDITION—REPTILIA. 
ATale. —brick-red to dull reddish-brown above with roundish black 
spots and pale yellow or greyish ocelli; the latter, which are bordered by a narrow 
black line, more or less confluent into longitudinal bands on each side of the body, 
commencing on the nape and extending along the tail. A broad black band on 
each side, meeting its fellow on the tip of the snout, passing through the eye, 
above the fore-limbs, and along the front of the hind-limbs to below the knee. 
The light markings on the head and lips bright chrome-yellow. A pale yellow 
lino dividing the black band from axilla to groin. Under surfaces yellowish- 
white. A large jet-black area covering nearly the whole of the throat, chest and 
anterior half of the abdomen, and extending along the front of the fore-limbs 
to the elbow, leaving a yellow band fi-om snout along the lips to the shoulder. 
Female. —The colour and pattern of the female are similar to that of the male, 
except that the conspicuous black markings on the sides and ventral surfaces are 
entirely absent. Under surfaces pale bufF, throat mottled or speckled with grey. 
The light spots on tlie brightly-coloured specimens are yellow or yellowish, 
those on the dull-coloured greyish. 
Dimensions. 
Male. 
Total length 
201 
linn. 
Head 
u 
5? 
Width of head 
11 
j) 
Body 
47 
55 
Fore-limb 
27 
)) 
Hind-limb 
57 
)) 
Tail 
... 140 
5) 
Localities. —Idracowra, Charlotte Waters. 
Female. 
215 
mm 
17 
’5 
12 
48 
5? 
28 
>) 
60 
JJ 
150 
n 
Distribution. —Champion Bay (B.M.C.), Barrow Range, Victoria Desert, 
Queen Victoria Springs (Elder Exped.). 
Habits. —Found under logs. 
Mode of reproduction. —Four or five eggs laid during February or March. 
(2) Amphibolurus imhricatus, Peters. 
Amongst the numerous specimens which we refer to this species there is very 
considerable variation, both amongst themselves and from the accepted type. But 
