Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . ope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1804, p. , Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 68, andReise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 100, , Cope, Proc. Anier. Philos. Soc. xxiii. p. 481, , Boulenger, Faun. Ind., Rejd. p. 242, 1890. Cranial bones solidly united ; no ectopterygoid; pterygoid notextending to quadrate or mandible ; no supratemporal; prasfrontalforming a suture with nasal; maxillary bordering the mouth,forming a suture with the prxmaxiUary, pncfrontal, and frontal,toothless ; no teeth
Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . ope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1804, p. , Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 68, andReise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 100, , Cope, Proc. Anier. Philos. Soc. xxiii. p. 481, , Boulenger, Faun. Ind., Rejd. p. 242, 1890. Cranial bones solidly united ; no ectopterygoid; pterygoid notextending to quadrate or mandible ; no supratemporal; prasfrontalforming a suture with nasal; maxillary bordering the mouth,forming a suture with the prxmaxiUary, pncfrontal, and frontal,toothless ; no teeth on palate. Lower jaw toothed ; coronoid bonepresent. Pelvis present, consisting of ilium, pubis, and ischium ;the latter forming a ventral symphysis; a rudimentary covered with xxniform cycloid scales; eyes under the shields. Africa, South-western Asia, Southern North America. TropicalAmerica. 58 GLAIJCONin).?:;. The Snakes of this Family bear a very close superficial resemblanceto the TyphlopidcE^ from which they may be distinguished externally Fig. Skull of Glaucoma macrolcpis (after Peters). by the character of the nasal shield which, whether single or divided,borders the lip, and by the enlarged praeanal. 1. ANOMALEPIS. Anomalepis, Jan, Arch. f. Nat. 18G1, p. 6, and Arch. Anat. i. 1862, p. 185, and Icon. Gen. Ophid. p. 6 (1864); Peters,Sitzb, Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 69; Bocourt, Miss. So. Mex.,Rept. p. 503 (1882). A pair of large prsefrontals and a frontal; nasal large and lateral,semidivided, bordering the lip. Prajanal scales enlarged. Mexico. This genus was referred by Jan to the TypJilojndce, but it doesnot appear from his descriptions that he ever examined the therefore follow Garman (N. Am. Eept. p. 129, 1883) in placingit inthe present family, as, judging from external characters, itappears to stand in the same relation to Glaucoma as HclmintliopMsto Tiipldops. 2. GLAT7C0NIA. 59 1. Anomalepis mexicana. Anomalepis mexicamis
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