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FAMitY VI.— UROPELTIDiE. 



Body cylindrical, witli a short narrow head not distinct 

 from the neck ; tail very short, truncated, terminating in a 

 rough naked disk or covered with keeled scales. 



Scales round, polished ; ventral row scarcely larger than , 

 the others. 



One pair of frontals ; four labials. Eye very small. 

 Maxillary and mandibular teeth, no palatine; generally no 

 mental groove. 



EHINOPHIS, Hemprich. 

 Tail cylindrical, covered with smooth scales and ending 

 in a convex, scaleless, rough shield. Head conical ; supra- 

 cUiary and postocular confluent ; nasals separated hy the 

 rostral. Scales 17-19. Ventrals 150-228 ; subcaudals 4-10. 

 Length 10-14 inches. 

 Ceylon. 



K. OXTRHYNCHUS, Schneider. 



Rostral nearly half as long as head, keeled above. Nearly 

 uniform brown. 



R PUNCTATUS, Muller. 



Similar to the preceding. Yellowish with black scale- 

 dots. 



K PHILIPPINUS, Cuvier, (planiceps, Peters.) 



Kostral shield not half as long as head, and without keel. 

 Short. Uniform blackish olive. 



R. TEEVELYANTJS, Keloart. 



Similar to the preceding. Black, with white triangular 

 lateral spots ; belly white, black spotted. 



R. SANGUINEUS, Beddoms. Plate VII, fig. 3. 



Similar to the preceding ; rostral shorter. Black above ; 

 belly with lateral scarlet streak ; caudal shield black with 

 yellow streak and red margin. 



