. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. -r-,-rr-o Fig. 22. Amphisbaena ewerbecki (Topotype 9 47907). Dentition. Premaxillary teeth 7; maxillaries 4-4; mandibulars 7-7. Measurements. Largest & (M. C. Z. 47922) measures 150 (133 + 17) mm., largest 9 (M. C. Z. 47934) measures 154 (137 + 17) mm. Breeding. A 9 , taken on April 27, 1939, held a single enormously elongate egg, measuring 31 x 2 mm. Habitat. Fifty of the Mbanja topotypes in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, were dug from the red laterite soil on the Mitonga aerodrome, a
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. -r-,-rr-o Fig. 22. Amphisbaena ewerbecki (Topotype 9 47907). Dentition. Premaxillary teeth 7; maxillaries 4-4; mandibulars 7-7. Measurements. Largest & (M. C. Z. 47922) measures 150 (133 + 17) mm., largest 9 (M. C. Z. 47934) measures 154 (137 + 17) mm. Breeding. A 9 , taken on April 27, 1939, held a single enormously elongate egg, measuring 31 x 2 mm. Habitat. Fifty of the Mbanja topotypes in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, were dug from the red laterite soil on the Mitonga aerodrome, altitude about 90 feet. Twenty more were found in the sandy soil of the adjacent native mahoga gardens, some being secured by digging deeply beneath logs. The solitary specimen obtained at Lindi, was lying on the surface beneath palm leaves in a sandy side street in the northern part of the town. Our success in finding these amphisbaenids within two feet of the surface was almost certainly due to the heavy rains at that time (April 26 to May 5). Distribution. Tanganyika Territory: Southern Province: Lindi, and Mbanja, the latter being about fifty miles in a straight line from the type locality of A. rondoensis, its nearest relative. 1 "Under labial" according to Werner, is incorrect. 2 "about 290" according to Werner, I have examined the type, however, which is in too poor a state of preservation for one to make an accurate 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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