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Typhlops delalandi Schleg. ; B.M. Cat., I., 45. 
Waldek's Plant (Mrs. Leighton) ; Barkly West (J. H. Power). 
Typhlops schinzi Boettg. ; B.M. Cat., I., 47. 
Lower Molopo (G. Lennox). 
Family GLAUCONIIDiE. 
Glauconia scutifrons (Pet.) ; B.M. Cat., I., 68. 
Good Hope, Kimb. (A. Eobinson). 
This species must be rare at Kimberley, if indeed it is actually 
indigenous there. 
Family BOID^. 
Python seb^ (Gmel.) ; B.M. Cat., I., 86. 
Okavango Eiver (A. Wohlfarht) ; Baralong Farms (P. B. Parkinson) ; 
Forest Hill, S. Bech. Prot. (A. Siew) ; Mafeking (A. H. Wallis). 
Family COLUBRID^. 
AGLYPHA. 
Ablabophis rufulus (Licht.) ; B.M. Cat., L, 318. 
Somerset Strand (J. H. Power). 
A very common water-snake, which seems to be absent from districts 
subject to periods of drought ; it is unknown near Kimberley. 
Lamprophis aurora (Linn.) ; B.M. Cat., I., 379. 
Kenilworth, Kimb. (C. Jarvis, J. H. Power). 
BooDON LiNEATUs D. and B. ; B.M. Cat., I., 332. 
Marandellas (0. A. Kidwell) ; Francistown (E. M. Daniel) ; Madibi 
(F. B. Parkinson) ; Kuruman (B. Kelly, C. E. Wimble) ; Waldek's Plant 
(Mrs. Leighton) ; Kimberley (H. A. Black, A. L, Franceys, B. Green, Mrs. 
Helmore, W. Maltman, J. H. Power, W. D. Eedpath, J. Swanson, C. E. 
Weston). 
This is very common at Kimberley, being often found in outhouses or 
human habitations. A favourite prey of this snake is the common lizard, 
Mabuia trivittata, A specimen from Mossel Bay, slightly more than a 
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