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31. Typhlops filiformis. 



Typhlops filiformis, Bum. Sr Bibr. vi. p. 307 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. GSn, 

 p. 10, 1. 3, pi. iv. fig. 12, & 1. 9, pi. i. fig. 7 (1864). 



Snout rounded ; nostrils lateral. Eostral abovit one third the 

 width of the head, extending nearly to the level of the eyes ; nasal 

 semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; prseocular 

 present, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distin- 

 guishable ; supraoculars and parietals larger than the scales on the 

 body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body about 60 times in the 

 total length ; tail hardly longer than broad, ending obtusely. 20 

 scales round the body. Reddish brown, lighter inferiorly. 



Total length 135 millim. 



Hab. ? 



32. Typhlops temminckii. 



TypMops temminckii, Jan, Icon. Oen. p. 14, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. tig. 6 

 (1864). 



Snout round, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral about 

 one fourth the width of the head, not extending quite to the level 

 of the eyes ; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from 

 the first labial ; prseocular present, narrower than the ocular, in 

 contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; praefrontal 

 and supraoculars much enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 45 times in the total length ; tail slightly longer than broad, 

 ending in a spine. 22 scales round the body. Brown above, each 

 scale with a lighter edge ; yellowish white inferiorly. 



Total length 225 millim. 



Hab. ? 



33. Typhlops ruflcauda. 



AniUos ruficauda, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 136 (1845). 



Typhlops ruficauda, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 684. 



dichromatus, Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 21, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 1 



(1864). 

 ? Typhlops petersii, Steind. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1867, p. 515, 



pi. xiii. figs. 7-9. 



Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral 

 about one third the width of the head, extending to the level of the 

 eyes ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; 

 prseocular present, as broad as the ocular, in contact with the third 

 labial only ; eyes distinct ; prsefrontal, supraocular, and parietal 

 considerably larger than the scales on the body ; four upper labials. 

 Diameter of body 31 to 55 times in the total length ; tail as long as 

 broad, ending in a spine. 30 scales round the body. Eeddish 

 brown above ; snout, tail, and lower surfaces yellowish. 



Total length 250 millim. 



Philippine Islands. 



o-c. Ad., hgr., & yg. Philippines. (Types.) 



