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INDEX 



Lacertilia, 491 f. ; skeleton, 494 f. ; skill, 

 497 ; change of colour, 498 



Lacliesis gramineus, 647 ; L. lance"!"/ ^, 

 646, 647 



Laud-tortoises, 364 f- 



Lanthanotidae, 514, 541 f- 



Lanthanotus barneensis, 541 



Laosaurus, 4~7 



Lui-l'isaurus, 473, 474 ; L. balsam i, 477 



Larvae, oflchthyophis, 91 ; otHypogeophis, 

 92 ; of Amblystoma, 112 ; of Trifmi 

 waltli, 131 



Latreille, on classification, 7, 8 



Laurenti, on classification, 7 



Leathery Turtle = Sphargis, 333 f., 334 



Lechriodonta, distribution of, 95 ; defined, 

 102 



Lepidobatmchus, 212, 218 



Lepidophyma, 547 



Lepospondylous, defined, 79 



Leptobrachium, 161 ; L. carinense, 166 



Leptodactylus, 212, 218 f.; L. alhilal>,-is, 

 219 ; L. mystacinus, 219 ; L. ocellatus, 

 219 ; L. typhonius, 219 f. 



Leptognathus, 624 



Leptophis, 618 ; L. liocerus, 618, 619 



Leslie, on Xenopus, 146 



Leuckart, on classification, 8 



Leydig's duct, defined, 48, 49 



Lialis burtoni, 567 



Limbs, of Amphibia, 26, 27 ; Stegocephali, 

 79, 83 ; Eryops, 286 ; Microsauri, 

 289 ; Prosauri, 291 ; Sphenodon, 298 ; 

 Theromorpha, 302 ; Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 Chelonia, 320, 319, 320 ; Sfkargis, 

 335 ; Chelonidae, 379 ; Dinosauria, 

 414 f., 418, 420 ; Compsognathus, 423 ; 

 Stegosanri, 426 f. ; Iguanodon, 428, 

 428 ; Eusuchia, 440 ; Plesiosaiiria, 

 475, 475 ; Lariosaurus, 477 ; Ichthyo- 

 sauria, 480 ; Pterosauria, 485, 485 ; 

 Lacertilia, 495 ; Geckones, 505 ; Cham- 

 eleons, 568 ; reduction of, in Lacertilia, 

 497 ; in Ophidia, 593, 594, 596 



Limnodynastes, 213, 222 ; spawning, 223 



Limnomedus/i. ,.' / .' 



Linnaeus, on classification, 7 



Liodon haumuriensis, 4^- >n 



Liolepis belli, 5%J 



Liopelma, 153 ; L. hochstetteri, 160 



Liophryne, 225, 227 



Liosaurus, 529 



Lissamphibia, 84 f- 



Lizard, Common English, 553 ; Emerald, 

 555 ; Eyed, 556, 556 ; Green, 555 ; 

 Sand, 664 ; Wall, 557 



Lizards, 491 f. 



Locality, sense of, in Tortoises, 368, 

 387 



Loggerhead Turtle, 387 ; individual 

 varieties of shields, 327, 388 



Longevity, of Testudo daudini, 376 ; T. 



graeca, 369 ; T. ibera, 369 ; T. sumeirei, 



377 



Loxocemus bicolor, 598 

 Loxomma, 83 



Lucilia liii/niiir<i,-n, fly infesting Bvfo, 176 

 Lungs, definition, 40 ; suppression of, 46 ; 



of Aglossa, 144 ; of Lacertilia, 499 

 Luth, or Leathery Turtle, 333 f.. 334 

 Lycosaurus, .#>/" 

 Lygosoma, distribution, 501 

 Lymph-spaces, in the cutis of Anura, 34 

 Lyriocephalus scut at us, 517, 518 

 Lytoloma, 336, 380 



Mabuia, 562 ; distribution, 501 ; eyelid*, 

 494 ; M. vittatta, 562 



Macrodemmys, 326 ; M, temmincki, 340 f., 

 340 



Macroprotodon cumUntxx. <!.."/ 



Macrorhyuchidae, 451 



Madagascar, Lacertilia of, 502 



Malacodemmys terrn/iin, .159 f. ; com- 

 mercial breeding-farms, 360 



Malpighian, body, 49 ; stratum, 32 



Mammalian affinities of Theromorpha, 303, 

 309 



Manculus, 96, 103, 106 ; J/. quculfi<li<ji- 

 tatus, 106 



Mandible, composition of, in Crocodiles, 

 437; very Mammalian in (/////</<.</'("- 

 thus, 309 



Mantella, 274 



Mantophryne, 225, 227 



Maps showing geographical distribution, of 

 Coeciliidae, 89 ; Urodela, 95 ; Aglossa, 

 143 ; Cystignathidae, Discoglossidae, 

 Pelobatidae, 161 ; Bufonidae, 167 ; 

 Hylidae, 185 ; Ranidae, 239 ; Chely- 

 didae, 332, 333 ; Chelydridae, 332 ; 

 Cinosternidae, 332 ; Dermatemjrdidae, 

 332 ; Pelomedusidae, 332 ; Platyster- 

 nidae, 332 ; Trionychidae, 333 ; Croco- 

 dilia, 446 ; Geckonidae, 503 ; Agamidae, 

 515 ; Anguidae, 529 ; Iguanidae, 529 ; 

 Zonuridae, 529 ; Varanidae, 543 ; 

 Lacertidae, 552 ; Amphisbaenidae, 565 ; 

 Chamaeleontes, 568 ; Snakes, danger- 

 ously poisonous, 585 ; Elapinae, 626 ; 

 Crotalinae, 644 ; Viperinae, 638 



Marbled Newt, 126 



Marginal plates of Chelonia, 325, 322, 323 



Marginal shields, 326 



Marsh, on Axolotl, 115 



Marsh Crocodile, ^-55 



Marshall, on distribution of Uropeltidae, 

 595 



Mascareue Islands, tortoises of, 373 f. 



Mason, on habits of Calotes, 519 ; on 

 Python legends, 599 ; on Varanus, 544 



Mastodonsaurus, 83 



Matamata = C'Aeft/s fimhriata, 400, 401 



Mauritius, gigantic tortoises, 373 f., 376 



