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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[part IV. 



large species belonging to the Pythonida?, so that we are evi- 

 dently still very far from knowing anything of the earliest forms 

 of this order. In some of the later Tertiary deposits the poison 

 fangs of venomous species have been found ; also a Colubrine 

 snake from the Upper Miocene of the South of France. 



Order II.— LAC ERT I LI A. 



Family 26.— TEOGONOPHID^. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Nkotropical 



SlB-REOIONS. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal^arctic I Ethiopian 



SUB-REQIONS. SUB-RKGIONS. 



Oriental 

 sub-reoions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



The single species of Trogonofliis, forming this family, is found 

 only in Nortli Africa. 



Family 27.— CHIPOTIDiE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



XrOTROPICAL 

 SrB-REO!0NS. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal.earctic 



Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian 



SUB-RtGIONH. 



Oriental 

 Sub-recions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



3 — 3 



Chirotes, the genus which constitutes this family, inhabits 

 Mexico, and has also been found in Missouri, one of the Southern 



United States. 



Family 28.— AMPHISB^NID^.. (1 Genus, 13 Species.) 



General Dlstribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



1.2-4 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal^arctic 

 Sub-kegions. 



— 2 — 



Ethiopian i Oriental 



Sub-regions. 



1.2 



Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



