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INDEX 



Ceratobatrachidae, 141 



CeratoLatracliinae, 139, 237 f. 



Gendobutrachus (jmntheri, 237 



CeratohyUu 211 



Ceratophora, 517 ; C. stoddarli, 517 ; C. 

 tennenti, 517 



Ceratophnjs, 212, 215 f. ; C. conrnfa, 216 ; 

 C. dorsata, 215 ; V. <ynuda, 216, 217 



Ceratopsia, J!f30 



Ceratosanrus, 413, 416, 417 ; C.nasicornis, 

 422, 422 



Cerberus rhynchops, 625 



Cetiosaurus, ^19 



Ohalarodoii, o2S ; geographical distribu- 

 tion of, 501 



Chalcides, 562 ; Ch. bedriayae, 563 ; Ch, 

 yuenthcri, 563 ; Ch. lineatus, 563 ; Ch. 

 ocellatus, 563; Ch. tridaclylits, 563 



Chainaeleon, 573 ; Ch. bijidus, 580 ; Ch. 

 calcaratiis, 579 ; Ch. 2Mrsoni, 580 ; Ch. 

 pi'mihi.f, 579, 575 ; Ch. vulgaris, 573, 

 574, 575 



Chaiiiaeleoiites, 567 f. ; distribution, 568 ; 

 skull, 568, 669 ; 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 Calotes, 51S ; 

 misnamed Polychrus, 520 



Chauvin, Marie von, on Axolotl, 113 ; on 

 Salamandra alra, 120 



Chelodina, suppression of neural plates. 

 324 ; intergular shields, 389, 315 ; 

 skull, 399 ; Ch. Ion'jk<>//is, 402 f., 403 



Chelone, skull, 317 ; ski-Uton, 320 ; 

 plastron, 321 ; shields, 327 ; intergular 

 shields, 325 ; Ch. mydas, 3S1 f. ; various 

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

 imbricata, 3S/f, 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, 311 f., 316: skull, 

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

 skeleton oiTestiuh>, 319; oiChe/ime, 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 ; n-generation, 329 ; sense- 

 organs, 329 ; iligestive apparatus, 330 ; 

 respiration, 331 ; growth of Chrysemys, 

 349 



Chclonidae, 313, 314, 37Si.; affinities of, 

 380 



Chelydidae, 313, 314, ^99; distribution, 



332, 333 

 Chclydosaunis, S2, 287 



Chelydra, 328 ; Ch. serpentina, 338 

 Chelvdridae, 313, 314, ^^8 ; distribution 



of,' 332 

 Chelydropsis, nuchal plates, 324 

 Chelys Jimbriata, 4OO ; skull, 400, 401; 



intergular shields, 325 

 Chersydrus (jranulatus, 607 

 Chioglossa, 96, 115 ; Ch. lusitanica, 121 

 Chirixalus, 24I 

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



alus, 221 

 Chiromantis, 238, 24I, 244; Ch. petersi, 



244 ; Ch. xeramjjelina, 244 

 Chirotes, 564 ; Ch. canuliculatus, 566 

 Chirotherium, 83 

 Chlamydosauriis kingi, 522, 523 

 Choauae, or inner nasal openings, 47 

 Chorda dorsalis, the axial rod between the 



gut and the spinal cord, around wliich 



the vertelirae are formed, 12 

 Chorophilus, 186, 1S9 ; 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. 



degans, 346 ; Ch. picta, 346, 347, 348 ; 



Ch. rid)7-iventris, 346 

 Chthonerpeton, 87, 90 

 Cimoliasaurus, 47S ; C. australis, 478 ; C. 



cantabrigieiisis, 478 ; C. chUensis, 4'^8 ; 



C. haasti, 478 

 Cinosternidae, 313, 314, 342 ; distribution, 



332 

 Ciiuisternum, 342 f. ; arrangement of 



neural plates, 324 ; C. leucoMmnnm, 342, 



344 ; C. otioratum, 342, 343 ; C. jjetui- 



sylvanicum, 342, 344 

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



C. honieana, 364 

 Cistecephalns, 310 

 Cistudo, arrangement of neural plates, 324; 



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



329 

 Claosaitrus, 429 

 Clarke, on habits and development of 



Alligator, 467 

 Classification of Amphibia, historical 



account, 7 f. 

 Clawed Toad {Xenopus), I46 f. 

 Claws or nails of Amphibia, 32 

 Cleithra = the pair of additional clavicles ; 



of Stegocephali, 79 ; of Pareiasavrus, 



304, 305 

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



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



skull, 356 

 Clepsydrops, 308 

 Clidastes tortor, 490 

 Cloaca, of Chelonia, 330 ; of Crocodiles, 



445 ; of Lacertilia, 498 

 Cneinid<phorus, 549 ; C. sexlineatus, 549 

 Cobra, 627. 627 



