LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN SNAKES. 



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Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, Southern 

 Rhodesia. 



Cape Colony : Cape Peninsula (Fairbridge, de Souza, Purccll) ; 

 Malmesbury (Gird) ; Burghersdorp (Kannemeyer) ; Tulbagh 

 (Kleinschmidt) ; Prince Albert (Purcell) ; Knysna (Maritz) ; 

 Port Elizabeth (Wcale, Drege) ; Middelburg (Piers) ; Calvinia 

 (Leipoldt) ; Calcdon (Burger) ; Worcester (Purcell, Paynter) ; Stel- 

 lenbosch (Lightfoot) ; Robertson (Melle) ; Hanover (Schreiner) ; 

 Graaff-Reinet (Paynter) ; Touw's River, Worcester District 

 (Purcell) ; Little Namaqualand (Peringuey). 



Orange River Colony: Smithiield (Kannemeyer). 



7. Typhlops mucruso. 



Onychocephaliis mucruso, Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac, 1854, p. 621. 



Typhlops mucruso, Bouleng., t.c, p. 46. 



Tropical Africa to Portuguese East Africa, Southern Rhodesia, and 



Transvaal. 

 Transvaal: Barber ton (Rendall). 

 Southern Rhodesia : Salisbury (Darling, Marshall). 

 Portuguese East Africa : Delagoa Bay (De Coster). 



8. Typhlops dinga. 



Onychocephaliis dinga, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1854, p. 620. 

 Typhlops dinga, Bouleng., t.c, p. 45. 

 Portuguese East Africa, Southern Rhodesia. 



9. Typhlop.s schlegelii, Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. p. 13, pi. iii. 



fig. 2 ; Bouleng., t.c, p. 44. 

 East and Central Africa to Portuguese East Africa and Southern 



Rhodesia. 

 Delagoa Bay (De Coster). 



10. Typhlops schinzi, Boettger, Ber. Senck. Ges., 1887, p. 154, pi. v. 

 fig. I ; Bouleng., t.c, p. 47. 

 Northern parts of Cape Colony. 

 Little Namaqualand (Turle) ; Carnarvon (Hanau). 



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Family GLAUCONIIDiE. 

 A single Genus in South Africa. 



I. GLAUCONIA. 

 Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 139 ; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. i. p. 59. 



Six Species in South Africa. 



Supraocular present. 

 A. Rostral separated from the supraocular by the 

 upper part of the nasal ; diameter of body 40 



B. 



to 60 times in total length 



Rostral in contact with the supraocular. 



a. Rostral not more than twice the width of the 



nasal, extending to or slightly beyond a 

 hne connecting the posterior borders of the 

 eyes. 

 Diameter of body 47 to 70 times in total length 

 Diameter of body 90 to no times in total length 



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. 



G. nigricans. 



G. conjuncta. 

 G. gracilior. 



