Vol. 79, pp. 255-266 1 December 1966 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON LEEWARD ISLANDS TYPHLOPS (REPTILIA, SERPENTES) By Richard Thomas 10,000 SW 84th Street, Miami, Florida 33143 Snakes of the genus Typhlops Oppel have long been known to inhabit some of the Leeward Islands (Boulenger, 1893; Barbour, 1914), but it was Parker (1933) who first indicated their true relationships by placing them with T. jamaicensis Shaw. At that time specimens of Typhlops were known from St. Christopher, Antigua and Montserrat, but there were not enough to delimit variation. Recent collecting has produced substantial series of specimens from Antigua and Montserrat; a few other specimens have also been taken on St. Christopher, Nevis, and Barbuda. The related Puerto Rican and Virgin Island species, T. richardi Dumeril and Bibron, has been dealt with (Thomas, 1966), but study of the Leeward Islands form was not undertaken at that time for lack of material. To Dr. Albert Schwartz I am most indebted for his sponsor-ship of the collecting and study of the Leeward Islands Typhlops. I also wish to thank the following people for the loan of specimens in their care: Drs. Doris Cochran and James A. Peters, U. S. National Museum (USNM); Miss AHce G. C. Grandison, British Museum (Natural History) (BMNH); Dr. Walter Auffenberg, University of Florida Collections (UF). Mr. A. F. Stimson of the British Museum made comparisons with a syntype of Anilios leachii, for which he has my sincere thanks. Additionally, institutions in which typical specimens of the new taxa described below have been deposited are designated as follows: MCZ, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Har-vard; CM, Carnegie Museum; UIMNH, University of IlHnois Museum of Natural History; KU, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. ASFS designates the Albert Schwartz 35— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 79, 1966 (255)
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