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12. Typhlops conradi Peters. 



Typhlops conradi^ Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 162, pi. without number, fig. I. 

 Typhlops conradi^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, P- 335 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 217. 



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Snout rounded; nostril inferior. Rostral two fifths the width 

 of the head, extending nearly to the level of the eyes; nasal 

 incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 labial ; praeocular present, much larger than the ocular, in 

 contact with the second and third labials; eyes distinct; head- 

 scales enlarged; four upper labials. Body with 18 scales round 

 the middle; its diameter 58 times in the total length; tail a 

 little more broad than long. 



Brown above; head and end of tail white. Lower surface 

 light. Total length 175 mm. (After PETERS; not seen by me). 



Habitat: N. Celebes. 



Note. Boulenger supposes, that T, conradi Peters may be 

 the same as T. ater Schleg. and that the presence of a sub- 

 ocular has not been observed (see Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 217). 



^3- Typhlops bipartitus Sauvage. 



Typhlops bipartitus^ Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) III 1879, p. 59. 

 Typhlops bipartitus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 37. 



Snout rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral large ; nasal incom- 

 pletely divided; praeocular present, as broad as the ocular; 

 eyes distinct in one specimen, not visible in another; four 

 upper labials. Body with 22 scales round the middle; tail more 

 long than broad, ending in a small spine. 



Yellowish-green above ; light brown below. Total length 

 250 mm. (After Sauvage; not seen by me). 



Habitat: N, New Guinea (Tidore Island?)'). 



14. Typhlops florensis Boulenger. 



Typhlops fiorensis^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XIX 1897, p. 505. 



Snout rounded, projecting; nostril inferior. Rostral about one 

 fourth the width of the head, not extending to the level of 

 the eyes, the lower portion half as broad as long ; nasal in- 

 completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial 

 and extending to the upper surface of the snout ; praeocular 



i) Tidore Island is a small island near Ternate; but Z". i^/^«;V?V«j has been enu- 

 merated in a list of reptiles from the northern part of New Guinea. 



