TYPHLOPID^. 



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Family TYPHLOPID^. 



Cranial bones solidly united ; no transpalatine ; pterygoids not 

 extending to mandible; no supratemporal ; maxillary vertical, 

 loosely attached, with a few teeth ; lower jaw toothless ; coronoid 

 bone "present. Vestiges of pelvis, reduced to a single bone on 

 each side. Body covered with uniform cycloid scales ; eyes under 

 the shields. 



A B 



Fig. 27.— Skull of Typldops diardi. 

 A. Upper view. B. Lower view. 



B 



Fig. 28. — Head of Tiiplilops bnnid/iiis. 



A. Upper view. B. Side view. 



To illustrate the nomenclature of the shields. 



/. Frontal. 



ip. Interparietal. 



I. Labial. 



n. Nasal. 



0. Ocular. 

 J). Parietal. 

 2W. Praeocular. 



2}rf. Praefrontal. 

 r. Kostral. 

 so. Supraocular. 



