BLIND-WORM. 



S9 



SQUAMATA. 

 {SAUROPHIDIA.) 



ANCUID/E. 





Genus, Anguis. Linn. 



Generic Character. — Body and tail cylindrical, obtuse ; scales smooth, im- 

 bricate, nearly equal above and beneath ; head covered with about nine larger 

 plates ; tympanum concealed ; legs none ; bones of the shoulder, the sternum, 

 and pelvis rudimentary. 



BLIND-WORM. SLOW-WORM. 



A ngu is fragilis . Linn. 



