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General characters the same; snout rounded; poison-fangs followed, after a wide interspace, by 6 small grooved teeth; anterior mandibular teeth strongly developed (fig. 43). Head and eyes small; pupils round or vertically subelliptic; nostrils pierced between 2 nasal shields. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, in 17 rows; tail short; subcaudals in 2 rows.

G. tristis.—Ventral scales 165–179; subcaudals 38–52.

Colour dark brown; occiput often yellowish, or pale reddish-brown; belly yellow.

Total length, 900 millimetres; tail 125.

Habitat: North-eastern Australia and South-eastern New Guinea.