. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. April 1990 Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 3, p. 65 collected by Anthony Bogadek, 1 April 1987, on Hei Ling Chau ca. 10 km southwest of Victoria, Hong Kong—a range extension northeast for the genus, and family Dibamidae of ca. 800 km (Lazell 1988). The specimen, a 177 mm SVL male, was sent to Allen Greer, Australian Museum, Sydney, for identification. He believed the specimen was "probably" Dibamus bourreti (in litt., 9 May 1988). However, we note the following sharp distinctions fro
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. April 1990 Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 3, p. 65 collected by Anthony Bogadek, 1 April 1987, on Hei Ling Chau ca. 10 km southwest of Victoria, Hong Kong—a range extension northeast for the genus, and family Dibamidae of ca. 800 km (Lazell 1988). The specimen, a 177 mm SVL male, was sent to Allen Greer, Australian Museum, Sydney, for identification. He believed the specimen was "probably" Dibamus bourreti (in litt., 9 May 1988). However, we note the following sharp distinctions from D. bourreti as diagnosed and described by Greer (1985: 148): the rostral suture is not complete, not present from lip to nostril but only posterior to the nostril. There is a prominent labial suture. There are no preanal or tibial pores. Dibamis bourreti is diagnosed as having a complete rostral suture, no labial suture, and four preanal pores on each side, even in a female—the highest count in Dibamus. This specimen, MCZ 172041, has 23 scale rows at midbody, six scales fronting the hindlimb where Greer (1985:120) shows D. novaeguinae having four, and six rows of preanal scales where Greer (1985:120) shows D. novaeguinae having three. The hindlimb is of SVL. The tail is of SVL. In life this specimen was lilac of lavender-gray shading to buff on the head and chalk-white on the tail. It is much paler and less contrastingly marked than the Guangxi D. bourreti illustrated by Tian and Jiang (1986). See Figure 2. Typhlops albiceps This tiny snake, apparently rare throughout its range, was known from Hong Kong Island only on the basis of two specimens collected in 1959 and 1966 (Karlsen et al. 1986), now in the British Museum (Natural History): BMNH and BMNH , respectively. It was rediscovered 27 May 1988 at High West, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Island by Sandra Brown (Macklin 1988). The species appears reasonably common at this site. Voucher specimens ar
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