INDEX 



653 



Boulenger, classification of Amphibia Cau- 

 data, 9 ; on vertebrae of Pelobates, 20 ; 

 on vertebrae of Bombinator, 22 ; number 

 of phalanges in Anura, 27 ; on poison of 

 Amphibia 36 ; on vocal sacs, 48 ; on 

 modes of fecundation and nursing habits, 

 54, 56 ; synopsis of Tadpoles,59 n. ; on 

 tadpoles of Rana opisthodon, 260 ; on 

 classification of Anura, 140, 141 ; on 

 Pipa,\52 ; <mScaj}hiopiissolitarius,165 ; 

 on Alligator sinensis, 471 ; on Lcmth- 

 anotus, 542 ; on aberrant scaling, 495 ; 

 on Heloderma, 540 n. ; on classification 

 of Snakes, 592 ; on Sea-Snakes, 637 ; on 

 Sphargis, 336 

 Bot'lengerula, 90 

 Box-Tortoises, 362, 364, 365 

 Brachial plexus, of Anura, 39 

 Brachycephalus, 226, 227 ; B. ephippium, 



231 



Brachylophus, distribution, 501, 528 

 Brain, of Scaphognathtts, 485 ; small size 



of, in Dinosaurs, 425 

 Branchial arches, of Urodela, 16 ; of Anura, 



42 



Branchiosauri, 80 

 Branchiosaurv.s, skull, 80 ; B. salamand- 



roides, 80 

 Brauer, on development of Apoda, 92 ; on 



nursing habits of Arthroleptis, 243 

 Breeding of Axolotl, 113 

 Breviceps, shoulder-girdle, 25, 225, 226, 



227, 232 ; B. mossambicus, 232 

 Brithopus, 308 



Brougiiiart, on classification, 7 

 Brontosaurus, 415, 418 ; B. excelsus, 418 

 Brontozoum, 415, 417; B. giganteum, 420 

 Brood-pouches, of Auura, 151, 248 ; of 

 Hyla goeldii, 198 ; of Nototrema, 202 ; 

 of Rhinoderma, 228 

 Brookesia, 580 

 Brown Adder, 634 

 Brown Frog, Common, 251 f., 255 

 Briicke, quoted, 571 

 Buchholz, on Chiromantis, 244 f- 

 Budgett, on breeding habits of Pkyllo- 

 medusa, 204 ; on Paludicola, 220 ; on 

 Lepidobatrachiis, 218 ; quick develop- 

 ment of Phryniscus, 231 ; on Bufo 

 marinus, 179 



Bufo, sacral vertebra, 22 ; shoulder-girdle, 

 25 ;.urino -genital organs, 49; develop- 

 ment of adhesive apparatus, 57 ; B. agna, 

 178 ; B. americanus, 178 ; B. calamita, 

 181 f.; B. ceratophrys, 179 ; B.ewpn*"* 

 and B. peltocephalus, dermal ossifica- 

 tions, 179 ; B. jerboa, 166 ; B. lenti- 

 ginosns, 178, 179 ; map of distribution, 

 167, 168, 169 f. ; B. marinus, 178 ; B. 

 mauritanica s. pantherina, 184; B. 

 melanostictus, 177, 179 ; B. qilkrcinus, 

 178; B. variabilis = viridis, 180; B. 



viridis, 180 f., 493 ; B. vulgaris, 170 f., 

 172 ; large-sized specimens, 171 ; im- 

 mured in buildings, 174 ; diseases, 176 ; 

 distribution, 177 



Bufonidae, 139, 166 f. ; distribution, 167 ; 

 affinities, 166 



Bufoniformes, 139 



Bullfrog, of America, Rana catesbiana, 

 261 ; of India, Callv.la pulchra, 234 ; 

 Rana tigrina, 261 



Bungarus coeruleus s. candidiis, 633 ; B. 

 fasciatus, 633 



Butler, on fat-bodies, 500 



Cabrita, 551 



Cacopus, shoulder - girdle, 25, 225, 226, 

 228 



Cacosternv.m, 225, 227 



Caiman, 450, 471 ; vomer, 435 ; C. niger, 

 471, 472 ; C. palpebrosus, 471 ; C. 

 sclerops, 471 ; C. trigonatus, 411, Jfi% 



Calcareous deposits in the skin of Am- 

 phibia, 31, 34 



Calliphora silvatica, fly infesting Bv/o, 

 176 



Callophis macdellandi, 634 



Calluella, 235, 236 



Callula, 226, 228, 234 ; C. pulchra, habits 

 of, 234 f- 



Callulops, 225, 228 



Calophrynus, 225, 227 



Calotes, 517 ; 0. emma, 518 ; C. mystacev.s, 

 519; C. ophiomachus, 519; C. versi- 

 color, 518 



Calyptocephalus, 179, 212, 215 



Camptosaurus, 426 



Capitosaurus, 83 



Carapace, 321 f., 319, 320, 322, 323; 

 posterior portion movable in Oinyxis, 

 364, 365 ; carapace of tortoises, evolu- 

 tion of, 337 ; composition of, 324 f. ; 

 reduction of component elements, 325 ; 

 reduction in thickness, 373 ; correlative 

 changes, 328 ; of Sphargis, 335 f. ; of 

 Chelone, 379 ; of Testv.do, 322 ; of Pleu- 

 rodira, 389 ; reduction in Trionychidae, 

 325 ; fenestration, 325 ; with hinge in 

 Cinyxis, 364, 365 



Cardioglossa, 274 



Carettochelydidae, 313, 314 



CarettocMys, 337, 389, 390 ; C. inscv.lpta, 

 404 ; absence of horny shields, 325 



Carpet Snake, 598, 599 



Carpus (see also Limbs), of Eryops, 286 ; 

 of Sphenodon, 294 ; of Chelonia, 320, 

 320 ; of Eusuchia, 440 

 Casarea, 603 

 Case, on Sphargis, 336 

 Cassina, 240 



Causus, 638 ; C. rhombeatus, 639 

 Centrolene geckoideiim, 211 

 Cerastes cornutus, 640, 641 



