. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 58 GtATJCONIIBiE. The Snakes of this Family bear a very close superficial resemblance to the TyphlopidcB, from which they may be distinguished externally. Skull of Glauconia macrolepis (after Peters). by the character of the nasal shield which, whether single or divided, borders the lip, and by the enlarged prseanal. 1. ANOMALEPIS. Anomalepis, Jan, Arch. f. Nat. 1861, p. 6, and Arch. Anat. Zool. Phys. i. 1862, p. 185, and Icon. Gin. Ophid. p. 6 (1864); Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 69 ; Bocmirt, Mis
. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Serpents. 58 GtATJCONIIBiE. The Snakes of this Family bear a very close superficial resemblance to the TyphlopidcB, from which they may be distinguished externally. Skull of Glauconia macrolepis (after Peters). by the character of the nasal shield which, whether single or divided, borders the lip, and by the enlarged prseanal. 1. ANOMALEPIS. Anomalepis, Jan, Arch. f. Nat. 1861, p. 6, and Arch. Anat. Zool. Phys. i. 1862, p. 185, and Icon. Gin. Ophid. p. 6 (1864); Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 69 ; Bocmirt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 503 (1882). A pair of large prsefrontals and a frontal; nasal large and lateral, semidivided, bordering the lip. Prseanal scales enlarged. Mexico. This genus was referred by Jan to the Typhlopidce, but it does not appear from his descriptions that he ever examined the dentition. I therefore foUow Garman (N. Am. Eept. p. 129, 1883) in placing it in the present family, as, judging from external characters, it appears to stand in the same relation to Glauconia as Hdminthojphis to 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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