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Interesting Review
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Mr. Give Lord
|LorJ has issued a pamphlet,
.is secretary of tlie Royal
lisirania. containing notes of
" Tasia.mia." Tliere are,
" tliree terrestrial species refasmr.nia,
despite the fact
had been recoived of other
Tlie valM species are:
•tsJed "r supiirb snake, (2)
I *hipsnake. (3) tiger snake,
(tliere is a species of ringed
Fhic-h is occasionally enccuu-
Tiisrnan'an coasts. The
ppper sna!;o. ho says,
"mrtir.n ; n Tasmania as
|to. IT usually reioric'I
!TjJ bin this shoul.l
| The frue diamond snake is a
la Tar:- :y of the trii* carpcf
|c°s nor oc:ur in Tasmania,
is that the white lipped
I Earned, .is ; ts most distiuc-
[eoasists of wliite markings
Holding soaio distance back
in s-.mo of the oidei
pKitf was referrel t"p as the
Fiialte." but this tliu not
pMnia. 'eins foun 1 in Xew
i and <i :T'iisiand. T're white
"ciorc. rhe correct-
:nr'>priati> desi^na-J
is mor vjthj
ii.i'l ii'usr'rrod ittoni
1' :is ar points -HOO
It- variety of hab:-t
1 by its variety of j
'•viiite. d.ii-k l,row:;,S
v.-rmediate sliade. It*
F'iOtll.T i.iorc are any in-'
: this species prov- j
3:ic- an; ••riiy stated: "This!
a lulled, seldom, if i
P lit p. f.il ;li? wound cans-1
a y - the sting of a!
Mite. ],.
t
a.'-s, > morp com-,
J
speuies. and 1
i ai: Australian
ar nomenclatiue. j
the Tas.r.a&ian:
ihat it is -lif-l
T • know which I
il, ilio first place ;
Hie dark -oloi-:
snakes and" the
<aakos This is
f-or.. ihe (m» li':i"k'
r in Tasr.Ki.nia, nor k
i eanvt T!;o latter is
hi s I'l-tbi..']. _T>vv:j!:' 1
an.j u met wk'i cn
? correct name "tiger"
be itiveu to this snake, no
The vafims iwes
parwd !n the classifl.-Ation of
j-nnite alrnvo the siz j of a
P " "t wirn iu tho Casman-
' fonul that oil the!
>'i two c--.it of -..very tiiree i
It s. if d'sturbed in the or- \
s 'li anally attempt an im- I
bin if disturbed whiVits
trulv vicious temr.
«»n!fe-t.;<l. It" spreads qui f
i extent " "
ism, 1 „, ? V dar ,
ton between the scales, anji
"ffej^ro readily.
,'t sh-ws its similarity to
f'wd speeies^ t™ cobra
I
111
ea snake, he says. j
a s on rare occasions been I
f «ast of the State. j
' ^ nor for sale, but any 1
can be supplied with
ption to the Musenm. Ther^
Red number available.
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