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CLASSIFICATION OP REPTILES. 



Acontias Cuv. No rudiments of feet internally or ex- 

 ternally j tail short; head masked; eyes very small^ 

 sometimes covered. 



A. meleagris Merr. c^cus Cuv. 



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FAiiiLY 5. AMPHISBiENID^. Blind-worms* 



Body cylindi-ical^ surrounded with scales arranged in 

 circles ; eyes either very minute or entirely concealed ; 

 anus almost at the end of the hody. 



AaiPHisB^xA Linn. Scales quadrangular ; a range of 

 pores in front of the anus ; a few conic teeth in the 

 jaws only ; generation oviparous. 



A. alba. Lac. ii. pi. 21. fig. 1. 



Leposternon Spix. General structure of the last ; head 

 short ; the muzzle slightly advanced ; thoracic rings 

 irregular. 



L. microcephalus Spix. 



Typhlops Sch. Eyes hardly visible ; anus close to the 

 extremity of the body^ which is sub-cylindrical^ and 

 covered with small imbricate scales ; front of the 

 head Avith plates ; muzzle produced. 



Stenostoma Spix. Muzzle depressed, obtuse, and co- 

 vered in front with several plates. 

 S. reticulata. Spix. 



Typhlops. ]\Iuzzle with a single frontal sharp-edged 

 plate. 



T. lumbricalis. Seba, pi. 86. fig. 2. 



Rhinophis Wag. Muzzle pointed, conical; tip of the 

 tail enveloped in an oval horny shield ; eyes hid. 

 R. Philippinus Cuv. 



Typhi ina Wag. ]\Iuzzle with a single convex plate ; 

 eyes none ; tail ending in a spine. 

 T. septemstriatus Merr. 



AxiLius. Co7-aI Snakes. Body and head cylindrical, 



* If these form part of theAnguid^, and are not the most aberrant family, 

 then I am unacquainted with the latter. 



