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INDEX 



250 ; R. afghana., 250 ; li. agilis, 257 ; 

 R. albolabris, 250 ; R. alticola, 250 ; R. 

 arvalis, 257 ; R. cateshiana, 261 ; R. 

 chalconota, 250 ; R. chloronoto, 250 ; R. 

 clamata, 262, 263 ; R. corrwjala, 250 ; 

 R. curtipes, 250 ; R. cyaiuqMyctis. 250 ; 

 R. elegans, 250 ; R. erythraea, 250 ; R. 

 esculenla, 263 ; mechaiiisra. of tongue, 

 268 ; vocal sacs, 269 ; var. chinensis, 

 267 ; var. lessnnae, 265 ; var. ridibunda, 

 264 ! var. typica, 265 ; R. fontincdi-'i, 

 262 ; R. (jlandulosa, 250 ; R. gracilis, 

 261 ; R. graeca, 259 ; R. guppyi, 261 ; 

 R. halecina, 263 ; R. liexadadyla, 250 ; 

 R. iberica, 258; R, latastei, 259; R. 

 liebigi, 250 ; R. mascariensis, 250, ; R. 

 monteztiviae, 250 ; R. vuigiens, 261 ; R. 

 02nsthodon, 260 ; R. oxyrhynchiis, 250 ; 

 R. rugosa, 250 ; R. silixdica, 259 ; R. 

 temporalis, 250 ; R. temporaria, 251 f., 

 255 ; R. tigriim, 261 

 R-iuidae, 139, 237 i. 

 Ranidens, 96 ; R. sibiriciis, 109 

 Raniformes, 139, UO 

 Kaiiiuae, 139, 237, 238 f. ; distribution, 



239 

 Ra.ppia, 2^1 

 Rat Snake, €11, 612 

 Rattle of Rattle-Snake, 644 

 Rittle-Snake, 6^8 f., 64S. 650 

 Reduction of limbs, in Urodela, 16 ; iu 



Lacertilia, 497 

 Regeneration, iu Amphibia, 66 f. ; of tail in 

 Sphenodon, 298 ; of shell iu Clielouia, 

 329 ; of horny shields in Clielouia, 329, 

 386 : of tail iu Lacertilia, -195 ; of tail 

 in Geckos, 506 

 Regions, geographical, 71 f. 

 Reproduction of Tortoise-shell, 386 

 Reptilia, defined, 277 ; principal characters 

 of, 278 ; classification of, 279 ; diagram 

 of affinities of principal groups, 282 ; 

 affinities to Mammalia, 303, 309 

 Respiration, mode of, iu Clielouia, 331 ; 



assisted by anal sacs, 330 

 Respiratory organs, of Amphibia, 40 

 Rhachiodoutinae, 62:2 

 Rhacopknnis, 151, 186, 238, 241, 244, 

 246 ; Rh. lencomystax, 247 ; tadpoles, 

 249 ; RIi. macidatus, nesting, 248 ; Rh. 

 vuldagnscariensis, 245; Rh. maximus, 

 245 ; Rh. ■ pardalis, 246, 246 ; Rh. 

 reinvHtrdti, 247 ; Rh. reticulatus, 24S ; 

 Rh. nchlegeli, nesting, 248 

 RhnmjdinleoH .spectrum, 5.80 

 Rhamphiirhynchus longicaudatiis, 486 ; 

 Rh. phyllitrun, 4S6 ; Rh. muensteri, 

 487 

 Rhainphosudms crassidens, ^,55 

 Rh inatrema, 89 

 Rhincmys, 389. 399 

 Rhinochelys, 390 



Rhinodernm, 226, 227, 228; Rh. daritnni, 

 228 i. 



Rhinophis, 91 ; Rh. sangtdneus, 596 



Rhiii02}hrynus, 166, 168; Rh. dorsalis, 

 185, 227 



Rhinophrys, 167 



Rhomhopiiryne, 225. 227 



Rhynchocephali, 292 



Rhynchosaiirus, 292 



Rhytidostetts, 83 



Ribs, of Urodela, 14 ; of Anura, 21 ; of 

 Microsauri, 288 ; of Sphenodon, 297 ; 

 of Theroniorpha, 302 ; of Cynognathus, 

 307 ; of M icrogompihodon, 309 ; of 

 Chelonia, 315, 320, 324 ; of Dinosauria, 

 413 ; of Crocodilia, 438 ; of Parasuchia, 

 434 ; of Eusuchia, 439 ; of Lacertilia, 

 495 ; of Geckoues, 504 ; much elongated 

 in certain Iguauidae, 529 ; meeting 

 veutrally in Chameleons. 568 



Ridewood, on hyoid apparatus of Auura, 

 31 



Ringhals, 633, 633 



Ritter and Miller, on Autodax, 107 



Robinson, on peculiar use of Vara tins, 546 



Rodriguez, gigantic tortoises, 374 



Rostral bone of Ceratopsia, 430 



Round Island .snake, 603 



Sacral vertebrae of Auura, 21, 22 

 Salamandra, 115 f. ; trunk-vertebra, 14 ; 



skull, 17 ; lower jaw, 17 ; distribution, 



90, llo f. ; S. utra, 119 f. ; 6'. caucasica, 



121 ; S. maculo.sa, 1 15 f. 

 ScdamMidrella, 96, 109; S. keyserlingi, 



109 ; S. schrenki, egg-sac, 110 

 Salamandridae, 94, 102 

 Salamandrina, 96, 115; S. perspicillata, 



122 ; skull, 17 

 SalamaiKlrinae, 102, 115 

 Sara.sin, P. and F., 10 ; on Coeciliae, 88 ; 



on Ichthyop)his, 90 

 Sauria, 491 f. 



Sa)(riehni(es salamandroides, S3 

 Sauropoda, 4iS 

 Sauropsida, 5, 277 

 Sauropterygia, 476 

 Saurosternnm, 291 

 Scales of Apoda, 87 

 Scaling, aberrant. 495 

 Scap>hinphryne, 225, 226, 227 

 Scuphiopus, 161, 104 ; S. solitarius, 165 

 Scapteira, deserticolous, 494 

 Scapula, attached to thoracic vertebrae, 



487 

 Scclidosauriis, 416 ; S. Juirrisoni. 425 

 Scheuchzer, on llnino diluvii testis. 84 

 Schlegel, on CryjHdhranehus, lOrt 

 Schuberg, on mechanism of finger-discs of 



Hylidae, 187 

 Schwalbe, on S(damandra atra, 120 

 Scincidae, 514, ^^^ f- 



