CHAPTER XIX. 
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF REPTILES 
AND AMPHIBIA. 
REPTILIA. 
Order I.—OPHIDIA. 
Family 1. — TYPHLOPIEiE. — (4 Genera, 70 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
PALiE ARCTIC 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The TyphlopicUe, or Blind Burrowing Snakes, are widely 
scattered over the warmer regions of the earth, but are most 
abundant in the Oriental and Australian regions, and least so in 
the Neotropical. They are absent from the Nearctic region; 
and in the Pakearctic are found only in South-eastern Europe 
and Japan. 
The most extensive genus is Typhlops , comprising over 60 
species, and having a range almost as extensive as the entire 
family. The other well characterised genera are : — 
Typhlina (1 sp.), ranging from Penang to Java and Hong Kong ; 
Typhline (1 sp.), the Cape of Good Hope ; Dibamus (1 sp.),XAvv 
Guinea. 
