CHAPTER. XIIT 
LATEST SysTEMATIC List OF SOUTH AFRICAN SNAKES FOR THE 
UsE oF MuSEUM CURATORS AND SCIENTIFIC STUDENTS. 
Compiled by Dr. G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., of the 
British Museum. 
(Inserted by kind permission of the British Museum Authorities 
and Dr. Boulenger.) 
Part Il.—OPHIDIA. 
Synopsis of the Families represented in South Africa. 
I. Worm-like, with the eyes under the more or less 
transparent head-shields; mouth very small, 
either the upper or the lower toothless; body 
covered with uniform scales. 
Lower jaw toothless; ocular shield not bordering the 
mouth ; at least 20 scales round the body .. . Typhlopide. 
Upper jaw toothless ; ocular shield bordering the mouth ; 7 
14 scales round the body : . Glauconiide. 
II. Eyes exposed ; both jaws toothed ; enlarged ‘ventral 
shields usually present. 
A. Maxillary bone horizontal, not vertically movable; 
poison-fangs, if present, small or rather small. 
Premaxillary bone toothed; rudiments of hind limbs, 
usually appearing externally as a claw-like horny 
spine on each side of the vent ; labial shields with 
pits = oe . Bode. 
No pramaxillary tooth ; no rudiments of hind limbs ; 
labial shields without PIES eee . Colubride. 
B. Maxillary bone very short, vertically movable, 
bearing only the poison-fangs, which are usually 
very large .. fe ie ee sx .. Viperide. 
Famity TYPHLOPID 2. 
A Single Genus in South Africa. 
ry. EYPHLOEPS, 
Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 339; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. i. p. 7. 
Ten Species in South Africa. 
I. Snout rounded ; 22 or 24 scales round the body. 
Preocular much narrower than the ocular, in contact 
with the second and third labials ; diameter of body 
42 to 45 times in total length ate ah .. IT. verticalis. 
