. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. 232-235.—Typhlops braminus. Enlarged. 232, top of head; , side of head: 234, under- side OF head; 235, tail. From Jan, Icon. Ophid., liv. 3, pl. v, fig. 16. above, each scale being brown with a pale base; snout and tail whitish; lower surface paler, the base of the scales being dark, the terminal two-thirds pale brown. Dimensions. mm. Total length 152 Snout to vent 149 Vent to tip of tail 3 Greatest diameter of body 4 Habitat.—A species of very wide distribution in the tropics of the Old World, rivaling some of the geckos. It is fo
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figs. 232-235.—Typhlops braminus. Enlarged. 232, top of head; , side of head: 234, under- side OF head; 235, tail. From Jan, Icon. Ophid., liv. 3, pl. v, fig. 16. above, each scale being brown with a pale base; snout and tail whitish; lower surface paler, the base of the scales being dark, the terminal two-thirds pale brown. Dimensions. mm. Total length 152 Snout to vent 149 Vent to tip of tail 3 Greatest diameter of body 4 Habitat.—A species of very wide distribution in the tropics of the Old World, rivaling some of the geckos. It is found fi-om South Africa and Madagascar through India and the Malayan archipelago to South China, the Philippines, and Guam", extending as far north as Okinawa. There are specimens from Formosa in the British Museum collected by Swinhoe and Dickson, and in 1894 the museum in Christiania received a number of specimens collected by Mr. Novara in the same island, one of which is now in the United States National Museum. a Originally found there by Quoy and Guaymard (Dum^ril and Bibron, Erp^t. G^n., VI, p. 312). Dr. J. C. Thompson, U. S. N., recently captured a specimen on that island according to letter of September 17, 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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