14 SJOSTEDTS KJ.LIMANDJABO-MEBU EXFJimTION. 4. 



With our present knowledge there are, however, not far from twice as many 

 species of snakes known from Cameroon as from Kilimandjaro. There is especially 

 a greater variety of tree-snakes in the former region in correspondence to the greater 

 abundance of forests there. 



. Typhlopidae. 



Typhlops |t ii lift :M MS (LEACH) 

 Tt/i)lil<>i>* innidatafi (LEACH). BOULENGEK, Cat. Snakes I p. 42. 



3 specimens from Kibonoto 1905. - - 3 more from the same locality collected in 

 May 1906. 



These blind snakes were sometimes found on the foot paths on the surface of 

 the ground. The species has been recorded from Kilimandjaro before. 



Fam. (jlaiicoiiiidii'. 



(jlaiiconisi srutit'roiis (PETERS). 

 (rlaut-unid .scitti front (PETERS). BOULENGER, Cat. Snakes I p. 68. 



1 specimen from the steppe with acacias near the river Ngare na nyuki in the 

 Meni steppe Nov. 1905. 



This species has not been found on Kilimandjaro before but this is the case 

 with the related 67. conjttncld. 



Fam. IJoithr. 



I'.vllion st'bii' (GMEIIN). 

 I'l/lhott sebie (GMELIN). BOULENGER, Cat. Snakes 1 p. 86. 



I specimen from Kibonoto, Aug. 1905. The two foremost upper labials deeply,, 

 the third feebly pitted. 1 specimen Kibonoto with labials normally pitted. 



Fam. 



Hooilon linciitiis (I)UM. & BIBK.) 

 Bondon li nral it* (DuM. & BIBR.) BOULENGER, Cat. Snakes I p. ,332. 



12 specimens from Kibonoto July August 1905. (The following dates especially 

 recorded n / 7 ; 15 /7: "/?; Vs ; 5/ s 1905). J small specimen from the same locality 

 collected in November 1905. - - 2 specimens from Ngare na nyuki in the Meru low 

 lands. 1 specimen from Mombo, Usambara, June 1906. - 3 specimens from Ki- 

 bonoto May 1906. 1 small young not measuring more than about ]2 a / 2 cm. 



