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This genus is known only from the' PhiHppines. It consists 

 of a single known species, Typhlogeophis brevis, which is known 

 only from the type. Judging by the absence of external eyes, 

 the species is subterrestrial in habit. 



TYPHLOGEOPHIS BREVIS Gunther 



Plate 24, figs. 1 to 4 



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



BOETTGER, Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) lC-6; Boulenger, Cat. 



Snakes Brit. Mus. 2 (1894) .3.51; Griffin, Philip. Journ. Sci. § 



D 6 (1911) 262. 

 Typhlogeophus brevis, Casto de Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipinas 1 



(1895) 425. 



Description of species. — (From Boulenger.) "Snout rather 

 pointed ; rostral very small, nearly as deep as broad, just visible 

 from above; suture between the internasals about 

 half the length of that between the prsefrontals ; 

 fi'ontal small, as long as broad, shorter than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, half as long as 

 the parietals ; five upper labials, fourth in contact 

 with the ocular, fifth very large; two pairs of 

 chin-shields, anterior largest. Scales in 1.5 rows. 



' " Fig. 16. Typh- 



Ventrals 153; anal entire; subcaudals about 15. io,,eophis 



Uniform blackish, scales and shields with whitish '"""s Gun- 

 ther; alter 



edge. Bouleng-er, 



"Total length, 330 millim." '^"="^- '^°'"'"^' 



Remarks. — Only the type specimen appears to 

 have been collected, and the exact locality is now unknown. It 

 was taken by A. Everett, either on Mindanao or on Dinagat. 



Genus CALAMARIA Boie 



Ccdavmria BoiE, Ferussac, Bull. Sc. Nat. 9 (1826) 2.36; Isis (1827) 



519; Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 7 (1854) 60; Gunther, Cat. 



Col. Snakes (1858) 3; Kept. Brit. India (.1864) 105; Jan, Arch. 



Zool. Anat. Phys. 2 (1862) 4; Boettger, Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. 



(1886) 105; Boulenger, Fauna Brit. India, Rept. (1890) 281; Cat. 



Snakes Brit. Mus. 2 (1894) 330; Casto de Elera, Cat. Fauna 



Filipinas 1 (1895) 424. 

 Calamaria, part., Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 2 (1837) 25; Wagler, Syst. 



Amph. (1830) 191. 

 Typhlocalamus Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1872) 595. 



"Maxillary teeth 8 to 11, subequal; anterior mandibular teeth 

 a little longer than the posterior. Head not distinct from neck; 

 eye small, with round pupil; nostril pierced in a minute nasal; 



view. 



