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GLATJCONIID.E. 



Typhlops russellii (non Schleff.), Gray, Cat. Liz.-p. 132. 

 Onyckocephalus westermanni, Liitk. Kjobenhavn, Vidensk. Meddel. 



1862, p. 306, pi. i, fig. 5. 

 Typhlops excipiens, Jan, Icon. Ophid. 9, pi. i, fig. 5. 



Snout pointed and hooked, with sharp horizontal edge and 

 inferior nostrils. Eostral very large, extending posteriorly far 

 beyond the level of the eyes ; nostril close to rostral ; nasal 

 extending over the eye, in contact with and nearly as broad as the 

 ocular ; a praeocular and a subocular ; eye distinguishable ; 

 praefrontal and supraoculars much broader than the scales on the 

 body ; 4 upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 60 times in the 

 total length ; tail as long as broad, or shorter, terminating in a 

 spine. 28 to 34 scales round the middle of the body, 30 to 36 

 anteriorly. Pale brown above, each scale with or without a yellow- 

 ish transverse streak ; yellowish beneath. 



Total length 2 feet. 



Hob. Southern India and Dec-can. 



Family II. GLAUCONIID^. 



Cranial bones solidly united ; no transpalatine ; pterygoids not 



Fig. 71. Glauconia (after Peters). 



A. "Upper view of skull. B. Side view of skull. C. Lower view of pelvis. 



ar. Articular. / (C). Femur. pt. Pterygoid. 



bo. Basioceipital. il. Ilium. pm. Pramaxillary. 



bp. Basisphenoid. is. Ischium. prf. Praifrontal. 



cor. Coronoid. m. Maxillary. pro. Prootic. 



d. Dentary. n. Nasal. pu. Pubis. 



co. Exoccipital. p. Parietal. g. Quadrate. 



/ (A, B). Frontal. pi. Palatine. so. Supraoccipital. 



