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The Uropeltidse, or Hough-tailed Burrowing Snakes, are 
strictly confined to Ceylon and the adjacent parts of Southern 
India, and would almost alone serve to mark out our second 
Oriental sub-region. The genera are : — - 
BMnophis (7 sp.), Ceylon ; Uropeltis (1 sp.), Ceylon ; Silybum 
(8 sp.), Anamally Hills and Neilgherries ; Plecturus (3 sp.), Neil- 
gherries and Madras; and Melancphidium (1 sp.), the Wynand. 
Family 5. — CALAMAEIIDiE. (32 Genera, 75 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
N eotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctio 
SUB-REGIQNS. 
PaL/EAROTIC 
Sub- reg io ns. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Calamariidse, or Dwarf Ground Snakes, are found in all 
warm parts of the globe, extending north into the United States 
as far as British Columbia and Lake Superior; but they are 
absent from the Palee arctic region, with the exception of a species 
found in Persia. The species are in a very confused state. The 
best characterised genera are the following : — 
Calamaria (20 sp.), Persia, India to Java and the Philippine 
Islands, Celebes, and New Guinea; Bhabdosoma (18 sp.), Mexico 
and South America, and also the Malay Islands as far east as 
Amboyna, Timor, and New Guinea; Typhlocalarnm (1 sp.), 
Borneo ; Macrocalamus (1 sp.), India ; Aspidura (3 sp.), India 
and Ceylon; Haplocerus (1 sp.), Ceylon; Strcptophorus ( 3 sp.), 
Central and South America ; — with a host of others of less im- 
portance or ill-defined. 
Family 6. — OLIGODONT1DHA (4 Genera, 40 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Ne ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Palasarctic 
Sub- keg ions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub- regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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