HORN EXPEDITION—REPTILIA. 
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Male. 
Female. 
Width of head 
22 mm. 
15 mm. 
Body 
... 83 „ 
57 „ 
Fore-limb 
... 41 „ 
31 „ 
Hind-limb 
... 62 „ 
47 „ 
Tail 
... 160 „ 
105 „ 
Habits. —Similar to A. imbricatus. 
Mode of i'ep7'od2iction. —Six to eight eggs deposited probably about the 
beginning of March. 
Localities. —Oodnadatta, Alice Springs, Finke Gorge, Palm Creek, Hermann- 
burg, George Gill Range, etc. 
Distribution. —Perth, Nicol Bay, Champion Bay (B.M.C.), Queen Victoria 
Springs (Elder Exped.). 
(4) Aniphibolurus fictus, Peters. (Plate X., Fig. 10). 
In some of the specimens the gular and venti’al scales are just perceptibly 
keeled. A large series collected during the breeding season enables us to give the 
nuptial colouration of both sexes. 
Colour —Male. —Brick-red above, with faint black reticulations enclosing 
bright yellow spots on the back and sides. Head pinkish-grey (?), with lighter 
and darker markings. A broad leaden-blue vertebral band, barred with numerous 
narrow black bands and a few broader light ones. Tail leaden-blue, with narrow, 
irregular light bands. Limbs bluish-black with yellow markings, second segment 
black. Under-surfaces yellowish-white.^ throat leaden-blue; a jet-black patch on 
the chest, in contrast with bright chrome-yellow on the upper arm. 
Female. — Rusty-brown above, with faint dark reticulations enclosing light 
spots on the sides. Head brownish, with lighter and darker markings. A 
vertebral series of short black bars ; a few light bands cross the back at regular 
intervals. Tail rusty-brown, with light narrow cross-bands. Under surfaces 
whitish. 
Dimensions. 
ABC 
Total length ... 235 mm. ... 225 mm. ... 193 mm. 
Head ... ... 21 ,, ... 20 ,, ... 19 „ 
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