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Habitat: Batjan; Ternate; Halmahera; New Guinea (Fak 

 Fak!, Mansinam Adoreh, Sattelberg). 



17. Typhlops nigroalbus D. & B. 



Typhlops nigroalbus, Bum. & Bibr., Erp. Gen. VI 1844, p. 295. 

 Typhlops nigroalbus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 24. 



Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostril lateral. Rostral 

 narrow, its upper part about one third the width of the head, 

 extending to between the eyes or not quite so far; nasal 

 incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 labial; praeocular present, broader than the ocular, in contact 



Fig. 4. Typhlops nigroalbus D. & B. X 4 /5- 



with the second and third labials; eyes distinct; head-scales 

 much enlarged ; four upper labials. Body with 26 scales round 

 the middle; its diameter 30 to 33 times in the total length; 

 tail more broad than long, ending in a spine. 



Black above ; yellowish below. Total length 360 mm. 



Nom. indig. Ular balang. 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra (Pakanten!, Sudan!, Padang!); 

 Borneo (Samarinda!). Malay Peninsula; Penang; Singapore; 

 Siam. 



1 8. Typhlops mulleri Schlegel. 



Typhlops mulleri, Schlegel, Abbild. 1844, p. 32, pi. XXXII, fig. 2528. 

 Typhlops muelleri^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 25. 



Differs from T. nigroalbus on the following points: Rostral 

 broader and shorter, half the width of the head, not extending 



