54 SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Measurements of Typhlops jagori't Peters. 



mm. 



Total length 220 



Head length ° 



Tail 5 



Remarks. — The tj^pe was collected by F. Jagor on Mount 

 Isarog, Camarines, Luzon. It is well differentiated from the 

 other Philippine species by the junction of the nasal shields 

 behind the rostral. It is known only from the type. 



TYPHLOPS RUFICAUDA (Gray) 



Anilios riifieauda Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. (184.5) 136. 

 TypJilops {Anilios) riifieauda Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. (1861) 684. 

 Typhlops ruficauda Boettger, Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) 104; Bou- 



LENGER, Cat. Snakes Brit. BIus. 1 (1893) 29; Casto de Elera, Cat. 



Fauna Filipinas 1 (1895) 423; Griffin, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 



6 (1911) 255. 

 Typhlops dichromatus .Jan, Icon. Gen. (1864) 21, 1. 3, pis. 4, 5, fig. 1. 

 fTyphlops petersii Steindachnee, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien (1867) 



515, pi. 13, figs. 7-9. 



Desciiption of species. — (From Boulenger.) "Snout rounded, 

 moderately projecting; nostrils lateral. Rostral about one third 

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

 semidivided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; prse- 

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

 labial only; eyes distinct; prsef rental, 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." 



Color. — ''Reddish brown above; snout, tail, and lower sur- 

 faces yellowish. 



"Total length 250 millim." 



Remarks. — The types (one adult, one half-grown, and one 

 young) are in the British Museum. The exact locality from 

 which the types were obtained is no longer known. Peters * 

 reports specimens from Daraga and Paracale, in southern Luzon. 

 Boulenger f has referred Typhlops petersii Steindachner to this 

 species, with a question mark. At the present time I am unable 

 to offer an opinion and propose leading it a synonym of T. 

 ruficauda. 1 have not seen Steindachner's description or figures. 

 Known only from the Philippines. The types were probably col- 

 lected by H. Cuming. 



* Mon. Berl. Ak. (1861) 684. 



t Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. 1 (1893) 29. 



