A SYNOPSES AND DESCRIPTIONS. 



SCOLECOPHIDIA. 



SCOLECOPHIDES. 



Dumeril & Bibron, 1844. 



Body elongate, cylindrical; head short, indistinct; tail short, thick. 

 Eyes imperfect, in some species invisible, covered by the ocular shields. 

 Mouth small, inferior. Ligamentary attachments of the bones of the head 

 possessing but little elasticity. No fold under the chin. Teeth feAv, on 

 either the upper jaw or the lower, none on the palate. Tongue forked, 

 exsertile. Scales smooth, imbricate, similar on back and belly. 



Found under rocks or pieces of wood, or in the earth, where they bur- 

 row to feed on worms, larvee of insects, etc, 



TYPlILOPIDAE. 



TYPHLOPINAE. 



Teeth in the upper jaw 



Typhlops. 



stenostominae. 

 Teeth in the lower jaw; 



crown-shields resembling those of the 

 colubers Anomalepis. 



■ crown-shields scale-like 



Stenostoma. 



TYPHLOPIDAE. 



Fitzinger, 1826. 



typhlopinae. 

 Typhlops. 



Schneider, 1801. 



Teeth on the upper jaw. Rostral shield well developed, reaching the 

 upper part of the snout. Nasal vertical, divided or entire. (Jrown with 

 scales similar to those of the back. Labials four, rarely three, anterior 

 small. Hab. All tropical and subtropical regions. 



Typhlops longissimus. 



Ophthalmidion longissimum Dum. & Bibr., 1844, Erp. Gen. VI, 263. 

 Typhlops longissimus Jan, 1861, Arch, per la Zo'ol. I, 182. 



Body long, slender, cylindrical; head depressed, rounded; tail short, 

 rounded at the extremity, armed with a small spine. Rostral linguiform. 



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