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Genus ICHTHYOPHIS Fitzinger 
Ichthyophis Fitzinger, Neue Class. Kept. (1826) 36; Gray, Cat. Spec. 
Amph. Brit. Mus. II (1850) 60; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. (1879) 931; 
Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Grad. Brit. Mus. ed. 2 (1882) 89; Fauna 
Brit. India, Rept. (1890) 515. 
Epicrum Wagler, Isis (1828) 743; Nat. Syst. Amph. (1840) 198; 
Tschudi, Class. Batr. (1838) 90; Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 
8 (1841) 285 and 288. 
Rhinatrema Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 8 (1841) 288. 
Squamosal bones in contact with parietals ; two series of teeth 
in upper jaw; usually two series of teeth in lower jaw; tentacle 
cultriform, exsertile, between eye and nostril; cycloid scales 
embedded in skin. 
Three species are known, only one of which is Philippine. 
Ichthyophis weberi sp. nov. 
Type. — No. Bl, Bureau of Science collection; collected at Ma- 
latgan River, Palawan, P. L, January 28, 1909, by C. M. Weber. 
Description of type . — Two rows of teeth in upper jaw, the 
series forming oval arches, parallel to each other, the inner 
row extending much farther back than the outer but not widen- 
ing; lower jaw with a single row of teeth, with no evidence of 
a second row ; head oval, eyes distinct, the distance between them 
very slightly less than width of head between eyes; distance 
between eyes a little greater than length of snout; tentacle 
withdrawn, the groove rather moon-shaped, situated anterior 
to eye near the edge of upper jaw; body surrounded by three 
hundred twenty-four circular folds meeting on belly in an angle, 
except those on posterior part of body, which run straight 
across without an anglq; the first three or four folds on ante- 
rior part of body fail to meet ; a more or less distinct groove from 
tip of lower jaw to some distance in front of anus along the 
median ventral line of body. 
Color in alcohol . — Above yellowish brown, somewhat darker 
on median part of body; below lighter yellowish brown. Under 
a microscope the color appears as minute, rounded yellowish 
dots surrounded by a network of brown. A white spot on tip 
of lower jaw. 
