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C^CILIIDA'. 



Older APODA. 



No limbs ; tail absent or rudimentary ; body worm-like. Pala- 

 tine bones fused with maxillaries, frontals distinct from parietals, 

 and praefrontals from nasals. Males with an intromiltent copula- 

 tory organ. 



Fig. 78.— Skull oi IchtJiyophis ghif'ivosiis, outlines after Sarasin. 



ca. Columella auris. 

 e. Ethmoid. 

 €0. Exoccipital. 

 /. Frontal. 

 on. Maxillary. 

 i)id. Mandible. 



71. Nasal. 

 p. Parietal, 

 jo/. Palatine. 

 2)'>n. Premaxillarv. 

 ps. Parasphenoid. 



2}t. Pterygoid. 

 pff. Postfrontal. 



g. Quadratum. 

 sq. Squamosal. 



v. "Vomer. 



A single family : — 



Family I. C^CILIIDyE. 



Worm-like, often blind or nearly blind burrowing Batrachians, 

 inhabiting the Ethiopian, Indian, and jS'eotropical Eegions. A 

 single genus in the Malay Peninsula. 



Genus ;iCHTHYOPHIS. 



Fitziiiger, N. Class. Kept. p. 3G (1826). 



Squamosal bones in contact with parietals. Two series of teeth 

 in the lower jaw. Eye distinct. A cultriform, exsertile tentacle 

 between the eye and the nostril. Cycloid scales imbedded in the 

 skin, which bears very numerous circular folds (235 to 400) 



