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COLTJBKID^. 



113. GEOPHIS. 



Geopliis, Waffler, I. c p. 342 ; Bocourt, Miss. .be. Mex., Kept. p. o- 



RabSma, part., Bum. ^ Biir Erp^ Gen^^ P^ 91 (1^54) ,G^ 

 Cat. Col.L p. 10 (1858); Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. u. i»D-, 



Co?obognathus, Peters, Mon. Berl ^c. 1859, p 275. 

 Geopliiclium, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. Ji^- 

 Elapoides, part., Jan, I. c. p. 20 

 Colophrys, Cojae, Proc. ^c. PA^/ac?. 1868, p. 130. 

 Parageophis, Bocourt, I. c. p. 534. 



Maxillary short, ^ith 7 to 12 small, equal teeth ; mandibular 

 teeth subequal. Head small, not distinct from f^^^^^^^^^ 

 with round or vertically subelliptac pupil; f^^^ril between two 

 nasals • no pra^ocular, loreal and pra^frontal entering the eye 

 Xna'sals and supraoculars present or absent; Pa-t^ s -^-t^^^^^ 

 with labials. Body cylindrical ; scales smoo h or J;«f ^^' ™^ 

 apical pits, in 15 or 17 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail moderate 

 short ; subcaudals in two rows. 

 Central and South America. 



Pig. 23. 



Skull of Gcophis semidoUatus. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I A single pair of chin-shields ; scales in 15 rows ; ventrals 170. 

 ° ^ 1. poepp>i'Jii, p. oio. 



