q 
2 
‘a 
5 
. 
TYPHLOPID®. 3 
The lettering of the bones is the same in all the figures of skulls 
in this work, and reads as follows :— 
an, Angular. pl. Palatine. 
ar. Articular. pm. Premaxillary. 
rs Basioccipital. anf Prefrontal. 
$e, Besisphenoid. pro. Prodtic. 
cor, Coronoid. pg. Pterygoid. 
ea, Columella auris. pty. Postfrontal. 
d. Dentary. q- Quadrate. 
eo. Exoccipital. so. Supraoccipital. 
epg. ase sor. Sy nT 
J. Frontal. sp. 8 
m. ; ste. Su 
a = 
p. Parietal. v. Vomer. 
Fam. 1. TYPHLOPIDZE. 
foie es Oppel, Ordn. rag a 49, 1811. 
part., Boie, Isis, 1827, 
Angiostomata Typhlopina, J. Mii ° itech F. Physiol. iv. p. 269, 
me ge Typhlopiens, Duméril § Bibron, Erp. Gén. vi, p. 256, 
Typhlopsiae, part., Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 130, 1845, 
a Epanodontiens, Duméril, Mém. Ac. Se. xxiiic p- 422, 
lopide, part., Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 9, 1863. 
sypboide e Proce, Ac. Philad. TSB, 20, 230. 
Typhlopide, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind el 
opes, Peters, Sits. Ges. natusf. 1881, pe 68, and Reise n. 
ossamb, iii. p. 90, 1886. 
Typhlopide, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxiii. . 481, 1886. 
Typhlopide, Boulenger, Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 234, 890. 
Cranial bones solidly united; no ectopterygoid; pterygoid not 
extending to quadrate or mandible; no supratemporal ; prefrontal 
forming a suture with nasal; maxillary loosely attached, with a 
few teeth disposed transversely to the axis of the skull; no teeth on 
palate. Mandible edentulous; coronoid bone present. Vestiges 
of pelvis, reduced to a single bone on each side. Body covered with 
uniform cycloid scales; eyes under the shields. 
South Europe; South Asia; Africa; Australia; Tropical 
America. 
Synopsis of the Genera. 
I. Head with large shields. 
A pair of large prefrontals and a frontal; nostril between two 
SOONGIS, ... «sonidos etipeso's 1. Helminthophis, p. 4. 
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