The animals of Australia : mammals, reptiles and amphibians / by A.H.S. Lucas ; assisted by W.H. Dudley Le Souëf.

  • Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas
Date:
1909
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Credit: The animals of Australia : mammals, reptiles and amphibians / by A.H.S. Lucas ; assisted by W.H. Dudley Le Souëf. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    E. stokesii is found in the West and the Centre. It is abont 11 inches loiic’. It is found on open stony plains. E. depressa is confined apparently to the West. It is smaller, not mneh over six inches in leiiyth, and has a siniilai* habitat to E. sfokesii. It is ratlier more prickly than that Lizard, thus tlie scales on the tail have three cusps in ])lace of one. E. irhitii is an exceptionally smooth Egcriiia. It is also the best known, since it is fonnd in nnmbei*s all over the Continent. Kgernia kingii. Ai(str. Mils. It may reach a foot in length, bnt is not nsually so large. Typically it is beautifully (‘oloured, the back presenting a median line of olive brown, having on each side of it a broad black band bearing a series of white or yellowish spots, and along the union of the back and each side a long white or light coloured band. The edge of the eyelids and the ear-lobules are constantly white. The rest of the pattern is not constant, and may be greatly modified. Thus in some individuals collected in Central Australia the back was uniformly of a bright brick-red.
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