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normal condition sr not. Only the type was found. It was 
taken under a small log, in deep forest, immediately behind the 
town of Balbalan. 
Typhlogeophis ater sp. nov. 
Type.—No. 1103, E. H. Taylor collection; collected near Pasa- 
nanka, Zamboanga, Mindanao, September 28, 1920, by E. H. 
Taylor. 
Description of type.—Snout pointed, rostral higher than broad, 
distinctly visible above; internasals small, about equal to one- 
fourth the prefrontals, their mutual suture less than one-third 
the length of that between prefrontals, in contact with second 
labial; prefrontals large, touching two labials laterally, and ocu- 
lar scale; no loreal; no preocular; frontal much broader than . 
long, the anterior edge forming a straight transverse line on a 
level with eyes; frontal about one-half the length of parietals, 
very broad, in contact with ocular; parietals elongate, nearly 
twice as long as wide, forming a mutual suture for more than 
half their length; nostril between first labial, which is fused 
with the anterior nasal, and a small nasal; five upper labials, 
third and fourth bordering ocular, which covers eye; the scale 
has a rounded, transparent prominence on anterior part, through 
which the eye is distinctly visible; no postocular distinct from 
ocular; no anterior temporals; one large posterior temporal bor- 
dering parietals, with two enlarged scales below it; no supra- 
oculars; mental small, three times as wide as deep; two pairs 
of chin shields, the anterior about three and one-half times the 
size of second pair; three labials touching chin shields (four on 
right side) ; five lower labials. Ventrals, 113, not keeled or 
angular ; subcaudals, 33; anal single; tail slender, pointed; scales 
smooth, in 15 rows, without apical pits. 
Measurements of Typhlogeophis ater sp. nov. 
mm. 
Total length © 173 
Snout to vent 143 
Tail 30 
Width of head 4.5 
Length of head 8 
Width of body 4 
Color in life-——Uniform blackish brown, somewhat iridescent 
above ; belly and region under tail slightly lighter blackish brown; 
head colored like body. 
Remarks.—The genus Typhlogeophis was created by Giinther 
for T. brevis Giinther, a species founded on a single specimen 
collected by A. Everett, supposedly on Mindanao or Dinagat 
