. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Fig. 10. Head scales of Rio-pa modesta somalica Parker. Cotype , measuring 65 mm. from snout to vent, drawn to the same scale as Fig. 9. The largest specimen measures 83 mm. from snout to vent and 3 females collected at the end of March have each two embryos in an advanced state of development. The species is cryptozoic, being found under logs and stones or in termites nests by day. Riopa modesta somalica subspec. nov. (Fig. 10) Lygosoma modestum Boulenger, 1895, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 535; idem, 189
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Fig. 10. Head scales of Rio-pa modesta somalica Parker. Cotype , measuring 65 mm. from snout to vent, drawn to the same scale as Fig. 9. The largest specimen measures 83 mm. from snout to vent and 3 females collected at the end of March have each two embryos in an advanced state of development. The species is cryptozoic, being found under logs and stones or in termites nests by day. Riopa modesta somalica subspec. nov. (Fig. 10) Lygosoma modestum Boulenger, 1895, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 535; idem, 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6), 16, p. 168. Lygosoma modestum laeviceps (non Peters) Parker, 1932, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pp. 358, 360. As pointed out above, the name laeviceps Peters is not available for the northern form of modesta, and a new one appears to be necessary; the name sphenopiforme is, apparently, based on an aberrant specimen of typical, southern modesta. The northern race is represented in the British Museum and the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, by the following specimens which are the co-types of the name somalica:. 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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