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INDEX 



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

 497 ; change of colour, 498 



Lacliesis fjraminens, 047 ; L. lanceolatus, 

 OJfG, 647 



Land-tortoises, 3<j4 f. 



Lanthanotidae, 514, ^4^ f- 



Lanthanutus horneensis, 541 



Lansaunis, 4^7 



Lariosaurus, 473, 474 : L. balsami, 477 



Larvae, oUchthyophis, 91 ; of Hi/piyco/jh is, 

 92 ; of AvMystomii. 112 : of Triton 

 waltU, 131 



Latreille, on classification, 7, 8 



Laureuti, on classification. 7 



Leathery Turtle = -S>//«/v//«, 333 f., 334 



Lecliriodonta, distribution of. 95 ; iletined, 

 102 



L'-pidohatmchus, 212, 21S 



Lepidophyma, 547 



Lepospoudylous, defined, 79 



Leptobrachiiiin, 101 ; L. cariiiense, 100 



Leptodactylus, 212, 218 f.; L. albilahris, 

 219 ; L. mydacinus, 219 : L. ocdlatus, 

 219 ; L. fyphouius, 219 f. 



Jjeptoffuathus, 0~.'4 



Lcptophis, OlS ; L. liocerus, CIS, 619 



Leslie, on Xenopus, 146 



Leuckart, on classification, 8 



Leydig's duct, defined, 48, 49 



Liidis hurtdtii, 507 



Limbs, of Anipliibia, 26, 27 ; Stegocephali, 

 79, 83 ; Eryops, 286 ; Microsauri, 

 289 ; Prosauri, 291 ; Sjihenodon, 298 ; 

 Theromorpha, 302 ; Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 Chelonia, 320, 319, 320 ; Sphnnjis, 

 335 ; Cheloniilae, 379 ; Dinosauria, 

 414 f., 418, 420 ; Compso</nutJti/s, 423 ; 

 Stegosaiiri, 426 f. ; Iijuatwdoii, 428, 

 428 ; Eusucliia, 440 ; I'lesiosauria, 

 475, 475 ; Lariosaurus, 477 ; Iclithyo- 

 sauria, 480 ; Pterosauria, 485, 485 ; 

 Lacertilia, 495 ; Geek ones, 505 ; C^liain- 

 eleons, 568 ; reduction of, in Lacertilia, 

 497 ; in Ophidia, 593, 594. 596 



Limnodynastes, J 13, 222 ; spawning, 223 



Liiiuwmcdusa, 212 



Linnaeus, on classification, 7 



Liodon haumuriensis, 4^0 



Liiih'pis belli, 527 



Liopelina, 153 ; L. hochstetteri, 160 



Liophryne, 225, 227 



LidsaMrus, 529 



Lissanijjhibia, S4 f. 



Lizard, Conmiou English, 553; Emerald, 

 555 ; Eyed, 550, 556 ; Green, 555 ; 

 Sand, 554 ; Wall, 557 



Lizards, 4^1 f. 



Locality, sense of, in Tortoises, 368, 

 387 ■ 



Loggerhead Turtle, 3S7 ; individual 

 varieties of shields, 327, 388 



Longevity, of Testudo daudini, 376 ; T. 



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



377 

 Loxocemv.s bicolor, 59S 

 Loxomma, 83 



Lucilia bvfonivora, fly infesting Bv/o, 176 

 Lungs, definition, 40 ; suppression of, 46 ; 



of Aglossa, 144 ; of Lacertilia, 499 

 Luth, or Leathery Turtle, 333 f., 334 

 Lycosaurtis, 307 

 Lygosoma, distribution, 501 

 Lymph-spaces, in the cutis of Anura, 34 

 Lyriocephalus scutatus, 517, 518 

 Lytoloma, 336, 380 



Mahuia, 562 ; distribution, 501 ; eyelids, 

 494 ; M. rittatta, 502 



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

 340 



Marrdproiodon cticiUlatus, 624 



Macrorhynchidae, 4^1 



Madagascar, Lacertilia of, 502 



Malacodemmys terrapin, 359 f. ; com- 

 mercial breeding-farms, 360 



Malpighian, body. 49 ; stratum, 32 



Mammalian affinities of Theromorpha, 303, 

 309 



Manculus, 96, 103, 100 ; M. ipiadndigi- 

 tat us, 106 



Mandible, composition of, in Crocodiles, 

 437 ; very Mammalian in Gom2iho(jna- 

 thus, 309" 



Mantdla, 274 



MantophryDe, 225, 227 



Maps showing geographical distwbution, of 

 Coeciliidae, 89 ; Lh-odela, 95 ; Aglossa, 

 143 ; C'ystignathida'j, Discoglossidae, 

 Pelobatid-if, " 161 : Bufonidae, 167 ; 

 Hylidae, 185 : Ranidae. 239 : Cliely- 

 didae, 332, 333 : Chelydridae, 332 ; 

 Cinosternidat-, 332 ; Dermatemydidae, 

 332 ; Pelomedusidae, 332 ; Platyster- 

 nidae, 332 : Trionychidae, 333 : Croco- 

 ililia, 446: Geckonidae, 503 : Aganddae, 

 515 ; Anguidac. 529 : Iguanidae. 529 : 

 Zonuridae, 529 ; Varanidae, 543 : 

 Lacertidae, 552 ; Am])hisbaenidae, 565 ; 

 Chamaeleontes, 568 ; Snakes, danger- 

 ously poisonous, 585 ; Elapinae, 626 ; 

 Crotalinae, 644 : Viperinae, 638 



Marl)led Newt, 120 



Marginal ])lates of Chelonia, 325, 322, 323 



Marginal shields, 326 



Marsh, on Axolotl, 115 



Marsh Crocodile, 4-55 



Marshall, on distribution of Uropeltidae, 

 595 ■ 



Mascarene Islands, tortoises of, 373 f. 



Mason, on habits of Calotes, 519 ; on 

 Python legends, 599 ; on Varanus, 544 



Mastodonsaitrus, S3 



'Ma.tiima.ta.^ Chelysfimbriata, 400. 401 



Mauritius, gigantic tortoises, 373 f., 376 



