(h) Hoplocephalus.
Characters the same as in Micropechis. Scales in 21 rows; ventrals angulate and notched laterally. Tail moderate; subcaudals in a single row.
(1) H. bungaroides (Syn. H. variegatus. The Broad-headed Snake).—204-221 ventrals; 40-56 subcaudals.
Colour black on the back, with yellow spots forming more or less regular cross-bands on the body; upper lip yellow, margined with black; belly blackish, yellow on the sides.
Total length, 1,620 millimetres; tail 210.
Habitat: New South Wales.
(2) H. bitorquatus ([fig. 58]).—Ventral scales strongly angulate laterally, 191-227; subcaudals 44-59.
Fig. 58.—Hoplocephalus bitorquatus.
Colour olive-green; head pale olive, with a bright yellow occipital blotch, and a large black blotch on each side of the nape; a pair of small spots in front of and between the eyes; three black transverse blotches on the vertex; belly greyish-olive or brown.