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LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN SNAKES. 44T 
Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, Southern 
Rhodesia. 
Cape Colony: Cape Peninsula (Fairbridge, de Souza, Purcell) ; 
Malmesbury (Gird); Burghersdorp (Kannemeyer); Tulbagh 
(Kleinschmidt) ; Prince Albert (Purcell); Knysna (Maritz) ; 
Port Elizabeth (Weale, Drege) ; Middelburg (Piers) ; Calvinia 
(Leipoldt) ; Caledon (Burger) ; Worcester (Purcell, Paynter) ; Stel- 
lenbosch (Lightfoot) ; Robertson (Melle) ; Hanover (Schreiner) ; 
Graaff-Reinet (Paynter); Touw’s River, Worcester District 
(Purcell) ; Little Namaqualand (Péringuey). 
Orange River Colony: Smithfield (Kannemeyer). 
. TYPHLOPS MUCRUSO. 
Onychocephalus mucruso, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1854, p. 621. 
Typhlops mucruso, Bouleng., t.c., p. 46. 
Tropical Africa to Portuguese East Africa, Southern Rhodesia, and 
Transvaal. 
Transvaal: Barberton (Rendall). 
Southern Rhodesia: Salisbury (Darling, Marshall). 
Portuguese East Africa: Delagoa Bay (De Coster). 
. TYPHLOPS DINGA. 
Onychocephalus dinga, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1854, p. 620. 
Typhlops dinga, Bouleng. 5 tcGr ya 45 - 
Portuguese East Africa, Southern Rhodesia. 
. TYPHLOPS SCHLEGELII, Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb., p. 13, pl. iii 
fig. 2; Bouleng., ¢.c., p. 44. 
East and Central Africa to Portuguese East Africa and Southern 
Rhodesia. 
Delagoa Bay (De Coster). 
TYPHLOPS SCHINZI, Boettger, Ber. Senck. Ges., 1887, p. 154, pl. v. 
fig. 1; Bouleng., f.c., p. 47. 
Northern parts of Cape Colony. 
Little Namaqualand (Turle) ; Carnarvon (Hanan). 
Famity GLAUCONIID. 
A single Genus in South Africa. 
1. GLAUCONIA. 
Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 139; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. i. p. 59. 
Six Species in South Africa. 
I, Supraocular present. 
A. Rostral separated from the supraocular by the 
upper part of the nasal; diameter of pore 40 
to 60 times in total length ott . G. nigricans. 
B. Rostral in contact with the supraocular. 
a. Rostral not more than twice the width of the 
nasal, extending to or slightly beyond a 
line connecting the posterior borders of the 
eyes. 
Diameter of body 47 to 70 times in total length .» G. conjuncta. 
Diameter of body 90 to 110 times in total length -. G. gracilior. 
b. Rostral very large, at least twice as broad as 
the nasal and extending beyond a line 
connecting the posterior border of the 
eyes ; diameter of body 50 to 80 times in 
total length. 
