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GLAUCONIIDiE. 



Typlilops lussellii (/io« Schkff.), Gray, Cat. Liz. -p. 132. 

 Onycliocephalus westermauni, Liitlx. Kjvbenhavn, Videmk. Meddel, 



1862, p. 306, pi. i, fig. 5. 

 Typlilops excipiens, Jan, Icon. Ophid. 9, pi. i, tig. 5. 



Huout pointed and hooked, witb sharp horizontal edge and 

 inferior nostrils. Eostral very large, extending posteriorly far 

 beyond the level of the eyes ; nostril close to rostral ; nasal 

 extending over the eye, in contact with and nearly as broad as the 

 ocular ; a prseocular and a subocular ; eye distinguishable ; 

 prgefrontal and supraoculars much broader than the scales on the 

 body; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 60 times in ihe 

 total length ; tail as long as broad, or shorter, terminating in a 

 spine. 28 to 'M scales round the middle of the body, 30 to 36 

 anteriorly. Pale bro\An abo\ e, each scale w ith or without a yello\A - 

 ish transverse streak ; vellowish beneath. 



Total length 2 feet. 



Bab. Southern India and Deccan. 



Family 11. GLAUC0NI1D.E. 



Cranial bones solidly united ; no transpalatine ; pterygoids not 



B 



■/>rci 



Fig. 71. — Glauconia (after Peters). 

 A, Upper view of skull. E. Side view of sliuU. C. Lower view of pelvis. 



/ (C). Femur. 



ar. Articular. 

 ho. Easioceipital. 

 1/2}. Easisplienoid. 

 cor. Coronoid. 



d. Deutary. 

 CO. Exoccipital. 



/ (A, B). Frontal. 



il. Ilium. 

 is. Ischiuiu. 

 m. Maxillary. 

 n. Nasal. 

 J). Parietal. 

 2jI. Palatiue. 



yt. Pterygoid. 

 }mi. Pramaxillary. 

 prf. Pra,frontal. " 

 pro. Prootic. 

 2)u. Pubis. 

 q. Quadrate. 



so. Supraoccipital. 



