Venoms: Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics

by A. Calmette

Habitat: New South Wales, Queensland.

(j) Notechis.

Same general characters; pupil round; nasal shield entire. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, disposed obliquely, in 15-19 rows, the lateral scales shorter than the dorsals. Tail moderate; subcaudals in a single row.

N. scutatus (Syn. Hoplocephalus curtus. The Tiger Snake. Fig. 59).—Colour dark olive; belly yellow or olive; the shields often dark-edged.

Fig. 59.—Notechis scutatus (The Tiger Snake.)

Total length, 1,280 millimetres; tail 170.

Habitat: Australia and Tasmania.

(k) Rhinhoplocephalus.

Dentition as in Hoplocephalus. Head but little distinct from the neck; eyes small, with round pupils; no internasal shields. Body cylindrical, rigid. Scales smooth, in 15 rows. Tail short; subcaudals in a single row.