TYPHLOPS. 



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Small worm-like Snakes leading a subterranean life. The number 

 of species icnown is very great, nearly a hundred, constituting four 



cor 



Fig. G8.— Skull of Tf/ph/ops cUardi. 

 A. Upper view. B. Lower view. 



ar. Articular. 

 ho. Basioccipital. 

 hp. Basisplicuoid. 

 cor. Coi'ouoid. 

 d. Dentary. 

 CO. Exoecipital. 



/. Frontal. 



m. Maxillaj\v. 



n. Nasal. 



■p. Parietal. 

 2)ni. Pnvmaxillary. 

 2»'f. Prtvfrontal. 



pro. Prootic. 

 pi". Ptei\vgoic1. 



q. Quadrate. 

 so. Supraoecipital. 

 tit. Turbinal. 



V, Yomer. 



genera, of which but one is represented in India and its depen- 

 dencies. They are found all over the hotter parts of the globe. 

 Oviparous : eggs very large, elongate, few in lunnber. 



B 



Fig. 60. — Head of Typhlops hramhuis. 

 A. Upper view. B. Side view. 

 To illustrate the nomeuelature of the shields. 

 /. Frontal. o. Ocular. prf. Pra;frontal. 



ip. Interparietal. p>. Parietal. ;•. Kostral. 



I. Labial. po. Prreociilar. ."o. Supraocular. 



n. Nasal. 



Genus TYPHLOPS, 

 Schneider, Hist. Amph. ii, p. 339, 1801. 



Head \\ith large shields ; nostril in a single or divided nasal. 

 Tail extremely short. 



Distribution. Southern Asia, borders of the Mediterranean, 

 Africa, Australia, Central and South America, and West Indies. 

 13 species are known from India and its dependencies. 



