. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 138 â OEOPBLTIDJS. very small; prsefrontals in contact with nasals. Mandible with coronoid bone. Both jaws toothed; teeth small and few. Palate usually toothless ; a few palatine teeth sometimes present in MelanopTiidium and Platyplectrurus. Fig. 9. ^^ f vg p n. Skull of Sih/bma grandis. Head small and not distinct from neck; eye small or very small, with round pupil. Body cylindrical, rigid ; tail very short. Burrowing Snakes of small size, restricted to Ceylon and the mountains of Peninsular India, or to the heav
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 138 â OEOPBLTIDJS. very small; prsefrontals in contact with nasals. Mandible with coronoid bone. Both jaws toothed; teeth small and few. Palate usually toothless ; a few palatine teeth sometimes present in MelanopTiidium and Platyplectrurus. Fig. 9. ^^ f vg p n. Skull of Sih/bma grandis. Head small and not distinct from neck; eye small or very small, with round pupil. Body cylindrical, rigid ; tail very short. Burrowing Snakes of small size, restricted to Ceylon and the mountains of Peninsular India, or to the heavy forests at the immediate foot of the mountains, as far north as 19°. Synopsis of the Genera. I. Eye in the ocular shield; fourth labial in contact with the parietal. A. No mental groove. 1. No supraocular shield. Tail obliquely truncated, ending in a largo, rugose, circular or oval, flat shield , 1. Uropeltis, p. 139. Tail ending in a large convex rugose shield, which is neither trun- cated nor spinose at the end .... 2. BhinopMs, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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