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Body vermiform, covered with equal, cycloid, imbricate scales, 

 22 — 26 in the middle of the body. Praeanal scales small. Tail 

 very short, obtuse. No rudiments of limbs in females; males 

 with two flap-like rudiments of the hind limbs on the sides 

 of the anal opening. 



Uniform purplish-brown above, somewhat lighter beneath. 

 Length of head and body 147 mm.; tail 18 mm. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias!; Sumatra (Singkarah, Kaju tanam!, 

 Agam^)); Borneo (Baram river); Lombok; Celebes (Tomohon, 

 Rurukan, Luhu!, Meraka); Ceram; Ternate; Halmahera; Waigeu; 

 New Guinea!. — Nicobars; Malacca. 



i) See Nelly de Rooij, Reptiles of Nias, in Kleiweg de Zwaan : Die Insel 

 Nias bei Sumatra III 1915, P- 296. 



