IIAPLOPELTURA. 



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expansion. Feed chiefly on worms and slugs. The vertical pupil 

 indicates nocturnal habits. 



Inhabitants of South-Eastern Asia and Tropical America. 

 Eepresented by two genera in the Malay Peninsula : — 



Suhcaudals single Haplopeltura, p. 207. 



Snbcaudals iu two rows Amblycephalus, p. 208. 



prf plf pro 



prw 



pnv 



OP- 



Fig. 62. — Skull of Amhli/ceplialtis. 



an. Angular. 



ar. Articular. 



bo. Ba.sioccipital. 



hs. Basisphenoid. 



c.a. Columella auris. 



d. Deatary. 



,/'. Frontal. 



m. Maxillary. 



V. Nasal. 



p. Parietal. 



pi. Palatine. 

 ■pm. Prisniaxillai'y. 

 ■prf. Pr;\;frontal. 

 pro. Prootic. 



pf. Pterygoid. 

 2)ff. Postl'rontal. 



q. Quadrate. 

 so. Supraoccipital. 

 !<p. Splenial. 

 St. Supratemporal. 

 tp. Transpalatine. 

 tu. Turbiual. 



V. Vomer. 



Genus HAPLOPELTURA. 

 Dum. & Bibr. Mem. Ac. So. xxiii, p. 463 (18o3). 



Maxillary bone very short, deep, w'lXh. 5 subequal teeth ; 

 maxillary and mandibular teeth decreasing in size posteriorly. 

 Head distinct from neck ; eye large, with vertical pupil ; nasal 

 single. Body strongly compressed ; scales smooth, without pits, 



