182 



SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



This species represents a distinct section of the genus in 

 having a loreal present. 



Table 36. — Measurements and scale counts of Psendorhahdium vicnamarx 



Taylor. 



187 

 188 

 189 

 190 

 191 

 192 

 193 

 194 

 195 

 196 

 197 



Locality. 



Collector. 



186 I Mount Canlaon. Negros E. H.Taylor. 



_do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 



.do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 -do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 do , 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 



Sex or 



Length. 



9 

 9 

 9 

 9 



ye 



9 

 9 



mm. 

 193 

 130 

 163 

 237 

 229 

 20S 

 212 

 163 

 178 

 8« 

 242 

 209 



Character of 



poetocular. 



Collection. 



Distinct. 



do ... 



do ... 



do ... 



Fused ... 

 Distinct. 



do .. 



do ... 



Fused -. 

 Distinct. 

 Fused -. 

 do .. 



. H. Taylor. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Genus TYPHLOGEOPHIS Giinther 



Typhlogeophis Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1879) 77; Boettgeb, 

 Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) 106; Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. 

 Mus. 2 (1894) 351. 



Typhlogeophus Casto de Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipinas 1 (1895) 425. 



"Maxillary teeth 8, subequal; mandibular teeth subequal. 

 Head not distinct from neck; eye concealed under the ocular 

 shield ; no supraocular ; nostril pierced in a minute nasal ; inter- 

 nasals small ; no loreal or pra?ocular ; no temporals, the parietals 

 in contact with the labials. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, 

 without apical pits, in 15 rows. Tail short; subcaudals in two 

 rows." (Bonlenger.) 



