Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...Rostral large, cup-shaped. a. Head shielded. Preanal shield single. 1. Typhline, Weigmann, Dum. et Bib. (not Typhlina, Wagler). Muzzle produced. Rostral covering half the head, keeled on the edge, flat beneath, internasal very broad, band-like, frontal broad, crescent-like, interparietal triangular, parietals 2, oblique, moderate. Limbs none. Nostril in the front of the side of the rostral, with a long groove in its hinder edge. Preanal shield single, semicircular. Eyes none, only slightly seen through the skin. M. Bibron says this genus has no cephalic plates; his animal may be different. The Typhline. Typhline Cuvierii, Weigm. Herp. Mex. 11. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 836. Gervais, Diet. Sci. Nat. Suppl. t. Acontias coecus, Cuv. R. A. ii. 60. Yellow, with a violet spot on the hinder edge of the scales. a. Adult. Pale brown, with a purplish band across the hinder part of each dorsal scale. Cape of Good Hope. 6, c. Half-grown. Pale brown, nearly transparent. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Dr. John Lee. b. Head-shields 6-sided, scale-like. Preanal scales numerous. 2. Feylinia. Head rather depressed, covered with 6-sided scales, narrow in front. Rostral moderate, depressed. Nostrils in the middle of the side of the rostral, with an arched groove to the hinder edge. Eyes none. Body cylindrical, rather depressed, covered with 6sided smooth scales, those in front of the vent like those of the belly. Limbs none. Tail round, tapering. The Feylinia. Feylinia Currori. Dark brown; head with 3 scales in the central series, the first (internasal) 6-sided, rounded behind, with 2 transverse supranasals in front of it, the second (the frontal) rather wider, truncated behind, the third (the interparietal) 6-sided, with the hinder edge rather produced into an angle; the lateral...