. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. FIG. 1. Head shield terminology of the Ramphotyphlops subocularis species group. Head of holotype of T. subocularis (after Waite, 1897): a) dorsal view, b) lateral view, c) ventral view; head of holotype of T. infralabialis (after Waite, 1918): d) dorsal view, e) lateral view, 0 ventral view; head of holotype of T. solomonis (after Parker, 1939): g) dorsal view, h) lateral view; head of holotype of T. bergi (after Peters, 1948): i) dorsal view. AO = anterior ocular, F - frontal, FL = postfrontal, F
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. FIG. 1. Head shield terminology of the Ramphotyphlops subocularis species group. Head of holotype of T. subocularis (after Waite, 1897): a) dorsal view, b) lateral view, c) ventral view; head of holotype of T. infralabialis (after Waite, 1918): d) dorsal view, e) lateral view, 0 ventral view; head of holotype of T. solomonis (after Parker, 1939): g) dorsal view, h) lateral view; head of holotype of T. bergi (after Peters, 1948): i) dorsal view. AO = anterior ocular, F - frontal, FL = postfrontal, FR = frontorostral, IP - interparietal, L = supralabial, N = nasal, P = parietal, PF = prefrontal, PR = preocular, PT = postfrontal, R = rostral, S = subocular, SN = supranasal, SO = supraocular, T = postocular, stippled eye shield = ocular (T. subocularis) or posterior ocular (T. infralabialis, T. solomonis) broad base (aptly described as thorn-like by Waite) and it points upward as the tail is flexed dorsally. Whether this is an artifact of preservation (injection with preservative) or a characteristic of the R. subocularis group is unknown, but this dorsal flexure of the tail tip was commonly observed in other specimens. The nostril is half-moon shaped, oriented at 45° to the vertical, and directed laterally. The SIP is T-0 (N1/SL1, PrOc/SL2, ASOc/SL3, PtOc/SL4). The first three supralabials are subequal in size and length while the fourth supralabial is more than twice as deep and long as any of the other three. The dorsum is uniformly dark brown while the venter is golden- yellow. A sharp demarcation separates the two colors with only an occasional brown scale appearing in the uppermost yellow scale row. Typhlops keasti.—The status of T. keasti (AMS R12856) is uncertain. Other than the distinctive depression of the head with its laterally pointed snout and strongly tapered head in dorsal aspect there is nothing to separate T. keasti from R. subocularis. Kinghorn (1948) e
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