. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. i â¢â -â¢>' â ⢠â¢?eza*3^i~* â Vâr*% -* _jil ..... ". *â â«Jâr-" *â "*â vâ^~â. Fig. 28. Geocalamas modestus (Type after Boulenger). Dentition. Premaxillary teeth 3, maxillaries 3-3, mandibulars 7-7. Coloration. Above uniformly violet brown (plumbeous in life) ex- cept for the intersegmental grooves which are white; below pure white (somewhat transparent in life). Measurements. Total length 274 (240 + 34) mm. Enemies. A much chewed example was recovered from the stomach of a banded mongoose
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. i â¢â -â¢>' â ⢠â¢?eza*3^i~* â Vâr*% -* _jil ..... ". *â â«Jâr-" *â "*â vâ^~â. Fig. 28. Geocalamas modestus (Type after Boulenger). Dentition. Premaxillary teeth 3, maxillaries 3-3, mandibulars 7-7. Coloration. Above uniformly violet brown (plumbeous in life) ex- cept for the intersegmental grooves which are white; below pure white (somewhat transparent in life). Measurements. Total length 274 (240 + 34) mm. Enemies. A much chewed example was recovered from the stomach of a banded mongoose (Mungos mungo colonus) at Ushora. Distribution. Tanganyika Territory: Ikikuyu and Mpwapwa in Ugogo; Ushora in Mkalama. (Known only from the three cotypes in the British Museum and two specimens in the Museum of Compara- tive Zoology). Geocalamus acutus Sternfeld 1912c. Geocalamus acukus Sternfeld, Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentral-Afrika-Ex- ped. 1907-1908, 4, p. 209: Voi, Kenya Colony. 1913c. Nieden, p. 75. 1923d. Loveridge, p. 851. 1923h. Loveridge, p. 949. 1924b. Loveridge, p. 11. 1936j. Loveridge, p. 300. 1913. Geocalamus noltei Boettger, in Voeltzkow, Reise in Ostafrika, 3, p. 366, pi. xxvi, fig. 6: Moshi, Tanganyika Territory. 1922a. Mertens, 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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