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63. TjrpMops mossambicus. 



Typhlops eschrichtii {ivon Schl.), Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. p. 10 



(18oU). 

 Onychocephalus mossambicus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p, 621, 



and 18(J0, p. 82. 

 Tvplilops bianconii, Jan, Icon. Gen, p. 23, 1. 1, pis. v. & vi. fig. 3 



\18G0). 

 mossambicus, Jan, op. eit. p. 22, 1. o, pis. v. & vi. fig. 3 (18G4) ; 



Peters, Reise n. Mossamh. iii. p. 93, pi. xv. fig. 2 (1882). 



Snout very prominent, rounded, with an obtuse horizontal keel 

 and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, not extending to the level of 

 the eyes, which are distinguishable ; nasal completely divided, the 

 cleft proceeding from the first labial; prajocular present, a little 

 narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second 

 and third labials ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 30 times 

 in the total length ; tail broader than long, ending in a spine. 

 24 scales round the middle of the body, 25 or 2G anteriorly. Dark 

 brown ; lower surface of head and anal region yellowish. 



Total length 150 millim. 



South-east Africa, from Mozambique to Delagoa Bay. 



a. Ad. Mozambique. Prof. Bianconi [P.]. 



b. Ad. Mozambique. 



64. Typhlops tettensis. 



Onychocephalus tettensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 80. 

 Typhlops tettensis, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 92, pi. xv. fig. 1. 



Snout very prominent, rounded, with an obtuse horizontal keel 

 and inferior nostrils, llostral large, not extending to the level of 

 the eyes, which are distinguishable ; nasal incompletely divided, 

 the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; prseocular 2)resent, a little 

 narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact Avith the second 

 upper labial ; ocular in contact with the second, third, and fourth 

 upper labials ; four upper labials. Diameter of body \^'ih times in 

 the total length ; tail hardly as long as broad. 24 scales round the 

 body anteriorly, 22 posteriorly. Greenish blue. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Tette, Mozambique. 



65. Typhlops huchholzi. 



Tj'phlops (Onychocephalus) huchholzi, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. 

 Freunde, 1881, p. 71. 



Snout with an obtuse horizontal keel and inferior nostrils. 

 Rostral largo ; prasfrontal much larger than frontal, which, like the 

 supraoculars and parietals, is larger than the scales on the body ; 

 eyes hidden ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first 



