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HORN EXPEDITION—REPTILIA. 
A 
B 
c 
Width of head ... 
17 mm. 
16 mm. ... 
15 mm. 
Body ... 
59 „ .. 
y2 ,, 
48 „ 
Fore-limb 
32 „ .. 
30 „ ... 
27 „ 
Hind-limb 
59 „ . 
53 „ ... 
50 „ 
Tail* ... 
155 „ .. 
. 153 „ ... 
126 „ 
Number of pores 
42 „ . 
43 „ ... 
45 ,, 
Habits. —Usually found under logs and stones. ’ 
Mode of re.productio7i. —About eight eggs laid about the end of Februaiy 
or early in March. 
Localities. —Opossum Creek, Charlotte Waters. 
Distribution. —South Australia (B.M.C.), Victoria (L. and F., Proc.R.S.V., 
1893), between Fraser Range and Southern Cz’oss (Elder Exped.). 
(5) Amphibobtrus barbatus, Cuvier. 
Many specimens. In some the upper surfaces are coloured uniformly brown 
or brownish-grey I’espectively. In others the lighter spots of the upper surfaces 
are of a bright orange-brown. 
The following interesting notes on this species wei’e made by Professor 
Spencer:— 
(1) “On open country to south of Charlotte Waters, a general yellow-brown 
colour—similar to general colour of ground, with withered grass, etc. 
(2) “ At Crown Point, where plenty of red sand was, a peculiarly brick-red 
colour, much resembling the colour of the sandy hills close to the camp where it 
was found. 
(3) “At Alice Spi’ings—very dark form —dull black. Why? as the sur¬ 
roundings were not of this colour. When ‘ nicotined ’ (took several doses 
complacently, or rather it stiffened out, but recovered after the first three), it 
changed to the yellow-brown colour as in No. 1, but not so bright. These (two 
specimens) were brought to me in a box, when they were dull black in colour. I 
gave them nicotine, when they turned lighter colour (yellow-brown). The very 
dark colour may have been due to their being shut up in comparative darkness, but 
they changed to the lighter colour after a dose of nicotine while still in the box.” 
* The tail tapers gradually to an exceedingly fine point, and the loss by accident of a considerable length makes 
little difference in the appearance of completeness. 
