R. bicolor.—Colour greyish-olive on the back, yellowish-white on the belly; tongue white.

Total length, 395 millimetres; tail 55.

Habitat: Australia.

(l) Brachyaspis.

Characters the same, but head distinct from the neck; eyes small, with vertically elliptic pupils; nostril between two nasal shields. Body stout, cylindrical; scales smooth, slightly oblique, in 19 rows. Tail short; subcaudals in a single row.

B. curta.—Colour uniform olive-brown; belly yellowish.

Total length, 490 millimetres; tail 70.

Habitat: Western Australia.

(m) Acanthophis (Death Adder).

([Figs. 60], [61].)