CHAP. XIX.] 



REPTILES. 



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Africa ; Helicops (2 sp.), North and South America ; Farancia 

 and Dimodes, with one species each, are from New Orleans ; and 

 a few others imperfectly known from Tropical America. 



Family 9.— PSAMMOPHID^E. (5 Genera, 20 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical Nearctic Pal.*arctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



1.2.3.4 1—3.4 



The Psammophidse, or Desert Snakes, are a small group 

 characteristic of the Ethiopian and Oriental regions, but more 

 abundant in the former. The distribution of the genera is as 

 follows : — 



Psammophis (16 sp.), ranges from West Africa to Persia and 

 Calcutta ; Codopeltis (1 sp.), North and West Africa ; Mimophis 

 (1 sp.), Madagascar ; Psammodynastes (2 sp.), Sikhim to Cochin 

 China, Borneo and the Philippine Islands ; and Dromophis (1 

 sp.), Tropical Africa. 



Family 10.— EACHIODONTID^E. (1 Genus, 2 Species.) 



The Kachiodontidae are a small and very isolated group of 

 snakes of doubtful affinities. The only genus, Dasypeltis (2 sp.), 

 is confined to West and South Africa. 



