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INDEX 



Geikia, 310 



Genital organs, of Amphibia, 48 f., 49 



Oeiii/ojjhri/ne, 2-iG ; (i. tlunnsvni, 236 



Genyoplirynidiie, 141 



Genyoplirj'iiinae, l.^'J, ^30 



Geographical distribution, principles of, 

 69 f. ; regions and sub-regions, 74 f. 

 (for details xee also Maps) ; of Apoda, 

 89 : of T'lc.drl.i. 95, 96 ; of Aiiura. 143, 

 161. 167, 185, 239 ; of Cheloni.-i, 831 f., 

 332, 333 ; of Cmcodilia, 446 : of 

 T.ac.-itilia, 500 f,^ 515, 529, 543, 552, 

 565, 568 : of Snakes, 585 



Geoviolije, 96 



Geosaurus, Ifil 



Geotriton, 97 



Geotrypdes, S9 



Gerrhoiwtus, 538 ; G. coeruleus, 53S 



GeiThosauridae, 514, 559 



Gerrhosaurns Jlavigularis, 559 



Gharial, 4-52 ; .see also Gavialis 



Gigantic Tortoi.ses, 372 f. 



Gihi -Monster, 5.').l 



Gills, deiinition, 40 ; development of, 11, 

 43 ; retention of, 40 ; external and 

 internal, 43 f. ; operculum of, 44 ; of 

 Nototrema, 203 



Gill-clefts, 42 ; of Urodela, 42 ; of Anura, 

 42 



Girtanner, on musical appreciation of tor- 

 toises, 368 



Glass-Snake, 538 



Glaucoma, 594 

 .Glauconiidae, 592, 594 



GlyphofilossHs, 225, 226, 228, 233 ; G. 

 nwlossus, 233 



Goeldi, on Hi/ln faher, 1^7 ; on habits of 

 Podiicncmls exjxmsa, 397 f. 



Gomphognathus, 308, 309 



Gondwanosanrus, S3 



Gowiylus, 562 



Goniopholidae, 453 



GonuiphoUs, 448, 453 ; G. crassiden.% 453 ; 

 G. simns, 453 



Gordonia, 301, 303, 310 ; skull. 280 



Grass- Frog, 251 f., 255 



Grass-Snake, 608 f. 



Greelc Tortoise, 3G5 f. 



Green Lizard, 555 



Green Toad, 180 



Green, or Edible, Turtle, 381 f. 



Groenberg, on Pipa, 149 



Growtli, rate of, in Testudo ibera, 370 ; 

 Chri/scmi/s jiicta, 349 ; Emys orbicularis, 

 351 ; 355 



Gular shields of Chelonia. 315 



Guiidlach, on Leptodiictj/liis, 219 



Giinther, 140 ; on gigantic Tortoises, 374 ; 

 on classification of Snakes, 592 



Gutzeit, on horny teeth of Tadpoles, 58 



Gijmniidfictylus, tail, 506, 512, 512 ; de- 

 serticolous, 493 



Gymnopliiona, 84 f. 



Gi/mniifhis, 90 



Gyrntiojihthaliiuts, aberrant scaling, 495 



Haast, on habits of Sjihenodon, 299 



JIudrosaicrus mirahilis, 4^9 



Haeckel, on classification, 9 



Hallojms victor, 423 



Hamadryad, 632 



Hand-skeleton, excalation of second linger 



in Eri/aps, 286 

 Haptuijlossa, 96 

 Wi\v(\\\u = Agaiiu(, stellio, 521 

 Ihdteria — see Sphenodon, 293 f. 

 Hawksbill-Turtle, 384 <'• 

 Hay, on Sphargis, 337 

 Hearing of Chelonia, 330 

 Heart, modification of, in lungless Am- 



• phibia, 47 

 Hedonic gland.s {ijdovri, lu.st), 443 

 HeleiopoTHs, 213, 222 ; II. albojmiictatus. 



222 ; H. pictus, 222 

 Ilcli.v virgata, eaten by Hyla cocrulea, 



200 . 

 Heloderma horridum, 540 ; II. suspectwn, 



540, 541 

 Heloderniatidae, 513, 540 f. 

 II('inidi(cii/h(s turcicus, 508, 508 

 Ilemiphractinae, 139, 210 f. 

 Hcmiphractu.s, 210 



Ilemisus, 225, 226, 228, 232; .shoulder- 

 girdle, 25 ; H. guttatum, 232 ; H. 



svdaHense, 232 

 Hensel, on Bnfo mariniis, 179 ; on tadpoles 



of Thoropa, 209 ; on nest-building of 



Lept(idact)ilus, 219 

 Herodotus, on Crocodiles, 462 

 llcrpde, 90 



Herpestes griseus (Mongoos), 629 

 Hiliernation, temperature of blood duringj 



68 ; of Tortoises, 347, 349, 354, 358, 



360, 363, 365, 369, 376 : of Crocodiles, 



447 

 Hinckley, on tadpoles of Iliila versicolor, 



195 

 Hind-limbs, of Urodela, 15 ; of Anura, 



27 ; of Prosauria, 289 ; of Theronujriiha, 



302, 305 ; of Chelonia, 321 ; of Diiio- 



.sauria, 414, 423, 42.'), 427, 429 : of 



Crocodilia, 440 : of Plesiosauria, 476 ; of 



Ichthyosauria, 480 ; of Pterosauria, 486 ; 



of Lacertilia, 497 ; of Ophidia, 593, 594, 



596 

 llipistcs hydrinifs, 625 

 Holbrook, on the Black Snake, 6 13 ; on 



habits of Alligator, 470 f. 

 Holoblastic eggs ; the whole mass of the 



egg undergoes the process of cleavage, 



53 

 Hnm.alopsinae, 625 

 Honialopsis biiccata, 625 

 Homing of turtles, instances of, 386 



