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63. TypMops mossamMcus. 



Typhlops eschrichtii (non SchL), Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamh. p. 10 



(1850). 

 Onychocephalua mossambicus, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 621, 



and 1860, p. 82. 

 Typhlops bianconii, Jmi, Icon. 04n. p. 23, 1. 1, pis. v. & vi. fig. 3 



(1860). 

 mossambious, Jan, op. cit. p. 22, 1. 5, pis. v. & vi. fig. 3 (1864) ; 



Peters, Reise n. Mossamh. iii. p. 93, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1882). 



Snout very proTninent, rounded, with an obtuse borizontal keel 

 and inferior nostrils. Eostral large, not extending to the level of 

 the eyes, which are distinguishable ; nasal completely divided, the 

 cleft proceeding from the first labial; prseocular present, a little 

 narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second 

 and third labials ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 30 times 

 in the total length; tail broader than long, ending in a spine. 

 24 scales round the middle of the body, 25 or 26 anteriorly. Dark 

 brown ; lower surface of head and anal region yellowish. 



Total length 150 millim. 



South-east Africa, from Mozambique to Delagoa Bay. 



a. Ad. Mozambique. Prof. Bianconi [P.]. 



b. Ad. Mozambique. 



64. Typhlops tettensis. 



Onychocephalus tettensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 80. 

 Typhlops tettensis, Peters, Beise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 92, pi. xv. fig. 1. 



Snout very prominent, rounded, with an obtuse horizontal keel 

 and inferior nostrils. Eostral large, not extending to the level of 

 the eyes, which are distinguishable ; nasal incompletely divided, 

 the cleft proceeding from the first labial ; prseocular present, a little 

 narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact with the second 

 upper labial ; ocular in contact with the second, third, and fouxth 

 upper labials ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 37g times in 

 the total length ; tail hardly as long as broad. 24 scales round the 

 body anteriorly, 22 posteriorly. Greenish blue. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Tette, Mozambique. 



65. Typhlops buchliolzi. 



Typhlops (Onychocephalus) buchholzi, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. 

 Freunde, 1881, p. 71. 



Snout with an obtuse horizontal keel and inferior nostrils. 

 Eostral large ; praefrontal much larger than frontal, which, like the 

 supraoculars and parietals, is larger than the scales on the body ; 

 eyes hidden ; nasal semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the first 



