Habitat: From the Persian Gulf along the coasts of India and Burma, to the Malay Archipelago and Papuasia.
(9) Aipysurus.
Maxillaries a little longer than the ectopterygoids; poison-fangs moderate, followed, after a short interval, by 8-10 grooved teeth; anterior mandibular teeth feebly grooved. Snout short; head shields large, or broken up into scales. Body moderate; scales imbricate; ventrals large, keeled in the middle.
A. australis.—Brown, or cream-colour, with brown spots forming more or less distinct cross-bars.
Total length, 930 millimetres; tail 110.
Habitat: Coasts of New Guinea and Australia.
Other species of Aipysurus (A. eydouxii, annulatus, and lævis) are found on the coasts of Singapore, Java, Celebes, and the Philippine and Loyalty Islands.
Fig. 84.—Platurus laticaudatus (syn. P. fischeri).
(After Sir Joseph Fayrer.)