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DESCRIPTION OF 
No. XLII. 
ANGUIS. 
Abdominal Squama 1 5 1 
Sub-caudal Squama: 130 
Called by the natives Rondoo Talooloo Pam . 
The head not broader than the neck, ovate, obtuse, convex, covered with laminae of un¬ 
usual shapes. The first pair small, perforated by the nostrils; then one lamina, transverse, 
resembling a flask with a short neck; the next between the eyes, broad-oval; the next, 
sagittate; and, behind all, two, long-oval, lying obliquely on the occiput. 
The mouth not wide; the jaws unequal. The teeth small, numerous, reflex; a marginal, 
and two palatal rows, in the upper jaw. 
The eyes lateral, small, sub-oval, not prominent. The nostrils close to the point of the 
rostrum, very small. 
The trunk cylindric, nearly of equal thickness, from the head to the end of the tail. The 
scales small, orbicular, imbricate, and each having a black dot, eight or ten, parallel, dotted, 
lines are formed, running from the head to the end of the tail. 
The length , ten inches and a half; thickness, about that of a swan-quill. 
The tail , round, smooth, hardly tapers, point blunt; measures four inches and a half. 
The colour , a reddish brown; but part of the tail is cineritious, or of a pale blue; the ab¬ 
dominal and sub-caudal squamae are of a glossy white, without dots. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The natives call this, as well as the smaller, (No. XLIIL) the double headed snake, 
though it so visibly differs in every respect, except in its mode of progression, either end fore¬ 
most. It is very alert in its movements, and quickly buries itself in the sand, when pursued. 
The tail is so much longer than that of the Anguis Meleagris of Linnaeus, that I am in 
doubt whether it can be referred to that species. 
No. XLIIL 
ANGUIS. 
Called also by the natives Rondoo Palooloo Pam. 
The head of this small reptile is roundish, not broader than the neck, obtuse, three or four 
laminae on the fore part; behind, covered with scales. 
The mouth very small, placed under the rostrum, when the animal is on its belly. There 
are either no teeth, or I could not discern them. 
