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Snout rounded, projecting; nostrils lateral. Rostral about 

 one third the width of the head, not extending to the level 

 of the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact 

 with the first and second labials; praeocular present, as broad 

 as the ocular, in contact with the third labial only; eyes 

 distinct; head-scales feebly enlarged; four upper labials. Body 

 with 24 — 26 scales round the middle ; its diameter 40 to 42 

 times in the total length; tail as long as broad, ending in a spine. 



Blackish-brown ; lower surface of head and middle of belly 

 yellowish. Total length 265 mm. 



Habitat: Kei Islands!. 



3, Typhlops braminus (Daud.). 



Eryx braminus^ Daudin, Hist, Rept. VII 1803, p. 279. 

 Typhlops braminus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 16 (s. syn.). 



Snout rounded, projecting; nostrils lateral. Rostral narrow, 

 its upper portion about one third the width of the head, not 

 extending to the level of the eyes; nostril between two nasals, 

 the anterior in contact inferiorly with the praeocular and 

 extending to the upper surface of the head ; praeocular present, 

 nearly as large as the ocular, in contact with the second and 

 third labials; eyes distinct; head-scales a little larger than the 

 scales of the body; four upper labials. Body with 20 scales 

 round the middle; its diameter 35 to 55 times in the total 

 length; tail as long as broad or a little more long than broad, 

 ending in a spine. 



Brown, grey or black above ; snout, anal region and end of 

 tail whitish. Lower surface light. Total length 175 mm. 



N o m. i n d i g. Ular hitani (Borneo) ; duwa or ular duwel (mal.). 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra (Atjeh, Medan!); Riou; Banka; 

 Java (Gadok, Weltevreden !, Buitenzorg!, Pekalongan!, Kediri!); 

 Madura; Borneo! (Labuan, Kuching, Buntok) ; Flores!; Lom- 

 blem ! ; Sumba; Timor; Celebes (Manado, Kema, Macassar!, 

 Tamangura); Saleyer!; Buton; Ambon!; Ceram ; Ternate; 

 Halmahera; Kei Islands; Aru Islands. — Malay Teninsula; 

 Christmas Island; Andamans; Ceylon; India; Siam ; Burma; 

 Formosa; Hongkong; Philippines; Islands of the Indian Ocean; 

 Arabia; S. Africa; Madagascar; Mexico. 



A very common form throughout the Archipelago. 



