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INDEX 



Ceratobatrachidae, 141 



Ceratobatracliinae, 139, 2Z7 f. 



Ceratobatrachus guentheri, 237 



Ceratohyla, 211 



Ceratophora, 517; G. stoddarti, 517 ; C. 

 tennenti, 517 



Ceratophrys, 212, 215 f. ; G. cornuta, 216 ; 

 C. dorsata, 215 ; C. oriwta, 216, 217 



Ceratopsia, 430 



Ceratosaums, 413, 416, 417 ; C. nasii-m-nix. 

 422, 422 



Cerberus rhynchops, 625 



Cetiosaurus, 419 



Chalarodon, 528; geographical distribu- 

 tion of, 501 



Chalcides, 562 ; C'h. bedriayae, 563 ; Gh. 

 guentheri, 563 ; Ch. lineatus, 563 ; Gh, 

 ocellatus, 563; Gh. tridactylns, 563 



Chamaeleon, 573 ; Gh. bifidus, 580 ; Ch. 

 calcaratus, 579 ; Ch. parsoni, 580 ; Ch. 

 pumihis, 579, 575 ; Gh. vulgaris, 573, 

 574, 575 



Chamaeleontes, 567 f. ; distribution, 568 ; 

 skull, 568, 569 ; tongue, 569 f.; colour- 

 changing mechanism, 570, 571, 573 f.; 

 eggs, 572 



Chamaeleontidae, 573 f. 



Chamaerops humilis, dates of, eaten by 

 Testudo, 367 



Chameleon, misnamed Galotes, 518 ; 

 misnamed Polychrus, 529 



Chauvin, Marie von, on Axolotl, 113 ; on 

 Salamandra atra, 120 



C/ielodina, suppression of neural plates, 



324 ; intergular shields, 389, 315 ; 

 skull, 399 ; Ch. longicollis, 402 f., 403 



Clielone, skull, 317 ; skeleton, 320 ; 

 plastron, 321 ; shields, 327 ; intergular 

 shields, 325 ; Ch. mydas, 381 f. ; various 

 modes of fishing, etc., 382, 383 ; Ch. 

 imbricata, 384, 385 



Chelouemydidae, 380 



Chelonia, 312; number of species, 312; 

 affinities of, 312 ; classification, 313 ; 

 key to living families, 314 ; plastron, 

 names of the horny shields, 315, 321, 



325 ; vertebrae, 314 f., 316 ; skull, 

 280, 317, 356, 364, 379, 400, 405 ; 

 skeleton of Testudo, 319; ofChelone, 320; 

 pectoral arch, 318 ; pelvis, 319 ; plas- 

 tron, bones of, 321 ; limbs, 320 ; bony 

 shell, 321 f., 322, 323 ; evolution of, 

 337 ; evolution of the horny shields, 



326 f., 327 ; regeneration, 329 ; sense- 

 organs, 329 ; digestive apparatus, &30 ; 

 respiration, 331 ; growth of Chrysemys, 

 349 



Chelonidae, 313, 314, 378 f.; affinities of, 



380 

 Chelydidae, 313, 314, 399 ; distribution, 



332, 333 

 Chelydosaurus, 82, 287 



Chelydra, 328 ; Ch. serpentina, 338 

 Chelydridae, 313, 314, $38 ; distribution 



of, 332 



Chelydropsis, nuchal plates, 324 

 Chelys Jimbriata, 400; skull, 400, 401; 



intergular shields, 325 

 Cliersydrus granulatus, 607 

 Chioglossa, 96, 115 ; Ch. lusitanica, 121 

 Chirixalus, 241 

 Chiroleptes, 209, 213, 221 ; Gh. platyceph- 



alus, 221 

 Chiromantis, 238, 241, 244; Ch. petersi, 



244 ! Ch. xerampelina, 244 

 Chirotes, 564 ; Ch. canal iculatus, 566 

 Chirotherium, 83 

 Chlamydosaurus kingi, 522, 523 

 Choanae, or inner nasal openings, 47 

 Chorda dorsalis, the axial rod between the 



gut and the spinal cord, around which 



the vertebrae are formed, 12 

 ChorqphUus, 186, 189 ; Ch. ornatus, 208 

 Chromatophores, 35 

 Chrysemys, costal plates of, 325 ; green 



colour of, 328, 346 f.; colour of iris, 



329 ; Ch. concinna, 346, 349, 350 ; Ch. 



elegans, 346 ; Gh. picta, 346, 347, 348 ; 



Ch. rubriventris, 346 

 Chthonerpcton, 87, 90 

 Cimoliasaurus, 47B ; G. australis, 478 ; C. 



cantabrigiensis, 478 ; C. chilensis, 478 ; 



C. haasti, 478 

 Cinosternidae, 313, 314, 342 ; distribution, 



332 

 Cinosternum, 342 f. ; arrangement of 



neural plates, 324 ; C. leucostomum, 342, 



344 ; C. odoratum, 342, 343 ; C. penn- 



sylvanicum, 342, 344 

 Cinyxis belliana, 365 ; C. erosa, 364, 365 ; 



C. homeana, 364 

 Cistecephalus, 310 

 Cistudo, arrangement of neural plates, 324 ; 



C. Carolina, 361 f., 364 ; colour of iris, 



329 



Claosaurus, 4%9 

 Clarke, on habits and development of 



Alligator, 467 

 Classification of Amphibia, historical 



account, 7 f. 



Clawed Toad (Xenopus), 146 f. 

 Claws or nails of Amphibia, 32 

 Cleithra = the pair of additional clavicles ; 



of Stegocephali, 79 ; of Pareiasaurus, 



304, 305 

 Clemmys, 356 f.; C. caspica, 358; C. 



inscidpta, 359; C. leprosa, 356 f., 353 ; 



skull, 356 

 Glepsydrops, 308 

 Clidastes tortor, 490 

 Cloaca, of Chelonia, 330 ; of Crocodiles, 



445 ; of Lacertilia, 498 

 Cnemidophorus, 549 ; C. sexlineatus, 549 

 Cobra, 627, 627 



