652 



INDEX 



Ampliiumidae. 94, 97 



Amphodus, 210; A. ivuc/ien, 211 



Anaconda, 603, 603 



Anaicles = Avtodux (q.v.), 107 



Anal sacs of Chelonia, used as additional 

 respiratory organs, 330 



Anarosanrus 2}i'milio, Jf!7 



Anchisaunis, 415, 417, 4~2; skull of A. 

 coelurus, 421 



Ancistrodon, 64-5 ; A. contortrix,646, 646 ; 

 .4. halys, 64-5 ; A. himalayamcs, 645 ; 

 A. piscivorus, 645, 645 



Anderson, on nest of Gavialis, 4i52 



Andrews, on Ambli/stoma, 110 



Andrias scheuchzeri, 84 



Anelytropidae, 514, 564 



A ndi/tropsis />upillosus, 564 



Anguidae, 513, 537 f. ; distribution, 501, 

 529 



Anguis fragills, 539, 539 



Aiiie/hi 2^idchra, 564 



Aniellidae, 514, 564 



Annandale, on habits of Calotes, 518 ; of 

 Liolepis, 527 ; of Rhacophorus, 247 ; of 

 Varanus salvator, 544 



Anodonta, as food of Trionyx, 407 



Anodoiitolti/la, 236 



Aiwlis, 528 ; A. carolinensis, 529 



Anoniodoutia, 309 



Anura, 7 ; characters, 138 ; classification, 

 139 f., 141 ; phylogenetic tree of, 142 



Anus, asymmetrical position of, 60 



Apoda, S4 f- ; afBnities, 88 ; distribution, 

 89 ; eyes, 86 ; skin, 87 ; skull, 84, 85 ; 

 spermatozoa, 87 ; tentacular apparatus, 

 88 ; vertebrae, 86 ; visceral arches, 86 



A rchaeopteryx, 417 



Archegosuurus, vertebrae, 13, 82, 287 



Arcifera, of Cope, 140 ; of Boulenger, 140 



Arciferous, type of shoulder-gii'dle, 24, 25 



Arion, slug, eaten by tortoises, 363 



Arrau-turtle (Podocnemis), 391 f. 



Arteria cutanea magna, 144 ; A. sacralis 

 of Anura, 144 



Arthroleptis, 241, 242 ; A. seychellensis, 

 243, 243 



Ascaphus, 153 



A sternphry.% 161 



Atheeae, 333, definition of name, 337 



Atlantosaurus, 415, 419 ', A. immanis, 

 419, 420 



Atlas and Axis, i.e. first and second 

 cervical vertebrae ; of Cryptobranchus, 

 13 : of ('rncodilia, 283 ; of Chelonia, 

 283, 316 ; of Sphni<>d„n, 283, 294 ; 

 atlas fused with axis, 307 



Atoposauridae, 453 



Atractaspi.'i, 638 ; dentition, 593 n. 



Atria, the thin-walled receptive parts (au- 

 ricles) of the heart 



Auditory columellar ai)]>aratus, of Am- 

 phibia, 24 ; of Anura, 29 



Australian, Anura, spawning time and 

 habits of. 201 ; Lacertilia, 502 



Autodax, 96, IO4, 107 ; A.lugubris, 107 ; 

 A. iecanus, 107 



Autosauri, 491 f. 



Axis ; see Atlas 



Axolotl, 65, 112 f., 112 ; Neoteny of, 65, 

 112 



Azemiopsfeae, 63S 



Balancers of Amphibia, 45 



Bcqdanodon, 483, 4S4 



Barfurth, on absorption of Tadpole's tail, 



61 

 Bartlett, on Boa constrictor, 602 ; on Pipa, 



152 

 Basiliscus, 528, 530 ; B. americanus, 530, 



530 

 Bates, on habits of Podocnemis, 392 f. 

 Batrachomyia. fly infesting Bufonidae, 177 

 Batrachophrynus, 224 V B. macrostomus, 



225 ; B. hrachydactyhis, 224 

 Batrachop)sis, 161 

 Batrachoseps, 96, IO4 

 Batr achy lodes, 241 

 Batrachyperus, 96 ; B. sinensis, 109 

 Baur, on Splmrgis, 336 

 Bdellophis, 90 

 Bedriaga, on Axolotl, 114 ; synopsis of 



Urodelous Larvae, 59 n. 

 Bell, J., on classification, 8 

 Bell, Napier, on habits of Iguana, 531 

 Belodon, 305, 434, 448 

 Bemmelen, on Sphargis, 336 

 Berg, on Sjielerpes fitscus, 106 

 Bert, quoted, 571 n. 

 Bidder's organ, 49, 52 

 Biedermaun, on change of colour in Ilyla, 



35 

 Birds not related to Dinosaurs, 416 f. 

 Bitis arietans, 639, 639 ; B. nasicornis, 



640 

 Black Snake, of Australia, 634 ; of North 



America, 613 

 Blainville, de, on classification, 7 

 Blanus cinereus, 566 



Blood, shape of red corpuscles, 4 ; tem- 

 perature, 67 f. 

 Blood-sucker =C«/ote ophiomacMis, 519 

 Blum, quoted, 642 n. 

 Boa, 602 ; B. constrictor, 602 ; B. dumerili, 



602 ; B. viadugascariensis, 602 

 Boettger, on influence of climateaud country 



upon reptiles, 492 f. 

 Boidae, 592, 596 f. ; skull, 596. 597 

 Boinae, 601 f. 

 Bamhinator, 154 f, 155 ; habits, 156 f . ; 



tadpoles, 157 ; abnormal vertebrae, 22 ; 



shoulder-girdle, 25 ; iiriuo-genital organs, 



49 ; B. igneus, 154, 155 ; B. pachy2)us, 



155 

 Bothrops, 647 



