(2) R. australis ([fig. 62]).—Scales in 17 rows; 152-163 ventrals; 18-20 subcaudals.
Fig. 62.—Rhynchelaps australis.
Colour red on the body, with ill-defined cross-bars formed of yellowish black-edged scales; a black blotch on the head, covering the vertex and temples, and surrounding the eyes; another large blotch on the nape; snout and occiput yellow; belly white.
Total length, 290 millimetres; tail 25.
Habitat: Queensland.
(3) R. semifasciatus.—Scales in 17 rows; 143-170 ventrals; 17-25 subcaudals.
Colour yellow, with brown cross-bands; large brown blotches on the head and nape; belly white.
Total length, 300 millimetres; tail 30.
Habitat: West Australia.