CJECILIID^. 515 



Order III. APODA. 



No limbs. Tail rudimentary or abseut. Frontal bones distinct 

 from parietals : palatines fused with maxillaries. Males with an 

 intromittent copulatory organ. 



A single family : 



Family I. (LECILIID.E. 



Worm-like, burrowing Batrachians inhabiting the ^Ethiopian*, 

 Indian, and Neotropical Eegions. 14 genera are known, three of 

 which are represented in the Indian Fauna. 



Synopsis of Indian Genera. 



A. Cycloid imbricated scales imbedded in 



the skin ; eyes distinguishable. 



a. Tentacle between the nostril and the 



eye, near the lip ICHTHYOPHIS, p. 515. 



b. Tentacle below the nostril URJEOTYPHLUS, p. 517. 



B. No scales ; eyes below the cranial bones. GEGKXOPHIS, p. 518. 



Genus ICHTHYOPHIS, 



Fitzinger, N. Class. Kept. p. 36, 1826. 



Squamosal bones in contact with parietals. Two series of teeth 

 in the lower jaw. Tentacle cultriform, exsertile, between the eye 

 and the nostril. Cycloid scales imbedded in the skin. 



Distribution. India to the Malay Archipelago. Two species are 

 known. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Length of snout equals width of head between 



eyes ; a yellow lateral band /. ghitinosus, p. 515. 



Length of snout less than width of head between 



eyes ; uniform brown I. mo)iochrous, p. 517. 



126. Ichthyophis glutinosus. 



Caecilia glutinosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. \, p. 393. 

 Epicrium glutinosum, Giinth. Kept. B. I. p. 441. 

 Ichthyophis glutinosus, Bouleny. Cat. Batr. Grad. $c. p. 89. 



Both rows of mandibular teeth well developed. Snout rounded ; 

 the width of the head between the eyes equals the distance of the 



* None are known from Madagascar, but two species occur in the Seychelles. 



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