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INDEX 



acentrous, i.e. without a centre or body, 

 4 ; ainphicoelous, defined, 12 ; of Uro- 

 dela, 11 ; gastroceiitrous, defined, 282 ; 

 lepospondyious, 5 ; defined. 78 ; noto- 

 centrous, 4 ; defined, 19 ; opisthocoe- 

 lous, defined, 12, 138 ; pseudoceutrous, 

 4, 78 ; stereospondylous, defined, 79, 

 284 ; teninospoudylous, 13 ; defined, 79, 

 284 ; development of — in Urodela, 12, 

 13 ; in Aniira, 19 ; of trunk of Sala- 

 maiidra, 14 ; epichordal, 20 ; sacral, of 

 Anura, 22 ; sliifting forwards of sacral 

 attachment of ilium, 23 ; of Reptilia, 

 composition of, 283. 2S8 ; trunk- 

 vertebrae of Enfops, 283. 286, 286 ; of 

 Cricotus, 287 ; of IMierosauri, 289 ; of 

 SphcnodoH, 294, 296. 297 ; atlas and axis 

 of Sphciwdon, 283 ; of Theromorpha, 

 302 ; of Pareiasauri, 305 ; atlas fused 

 with axis in CynognatJms, 307 ; of 

 Dimetrodon, with peculiar processes, 

 308 ; of Chelonia, 314 f . ; atlas of 

 Trionyx, 283 ; of C'helys, 283 ; of Dino- 

 sauria, 413 ; hollow in Dinosaurs, 41.5, 

 420 ; of Eusuchia, 438 f. ; atl.as and 

 axis of Crocodilus, 283 ; of Metrio- 

 rhynchus, 283 ; of Pterosauria, 485 ; of 

 Iciithyosauria, 480 ; of Pythonomorpha, 

 488 ; of Lacertilia, 494 ; of Geckones, 

 503 ; of Snakes. 582 

 Vertebral column, instance of greatest 

 shortening, 144 ; of Urodela. 11, 13 ; of 

 Stegocephali, 78 ; of Anura, 18 f.. 21, 22 ; 

 Palaeobatrachus, 22; Pipn, 22, 143; 

 Ilymenochirus, 22, 143 ; Bomhinator, 

 22 ; Xenopvs, 21, 143 ; of Apoda, 86 ; 

 number of vertebrae of P rotor nsaur us, 

 291 ; ot PalaeolMtteria, 291 ; of Jlomoeo- 

 saurus, 292 ; of Sphenodon, 297 : of 



Cynogtudhus, 306 



of Eusuchia, 440 ; 



of Elasmosauridae. 



Vesiculae seminales. 



of Iguanodon, 428 

 of Plesiosauria, 474 

 478 

 49, 51 



Viper, Common. G^l f., 620. 642 

 Vipera, 04 1 ; V. amniody/rs, 641, 643, 

 V. a,<<pis, 643; V. herns, 64 1. 642. 620 

 T'. latastei, 643 ; V. nisselU, 643 

 Viperidae, 592, 593, 637 



Viperinae. 63S 



Viperine Snake, 610 



Vis, de, on Chlamydosaurns, 523 



Viviparous, Chameleon, 572 ; Lacertilia, 



499 ; Geckos, 506 

 Vocal sacs, 47 f. ; of Paludicola, 220 : of 



Rhinoderraa, used as brood-pouches, 228 

 Voeltzkow. on nesting of Crocodiles, 462 f. ; 



on Testuclo daudini, 375 

 Voice, 47 



Wagler, 8 



Wallace, on Rhacopliorus, 246 f. 



Wall- Lizard, 557 



Warning, attitudes, of Bomhinator, 157 ; 



colours, 38, 116, 156 ; of Helodcrma, 



541 

 Water-Viper, 645, 645 

 Weismann, on Axolotl, 64, 114 

 Werner, on Eryx, 604 

 White's aged Tortoise, 369 

 Wilder, on Desmogncdhus, 103 



Xantnsia, 547 



Xantusiidae, 514, ■'47' 



Xeniihat radius. 225 ; A', ophiodon, 22S 



Xenopeltidae, 593, 605 



Xenopeltis unicolor, 605 



Xenopns, 143 ; distribution. 143, 144, 146 



f. ; A', mlcaratus, 146 ; A', laevis, 146f., 



147 : A", mvelleri, 146 

 Xennrhina, 228 

 Xenosauridae, 513, 536 

 Xenosaurus grandis, 536 



Zachaenus, 212 



Zamenis constrictor, 613 ; Z. gemonensis s. 



viridiflavus, 612 : Z. hipipocrepis, 613 ; 



Z. mncosus, 61h&12 

 Zanclodon, 417, 421 

 Zander, on habits of Agama, 520 ; of 



Plirynocephcdus, 522 ; of Eryx, 604 

 Znocys carimdus, 614, 615 

 Zatochys, 82 

 Zeller, on spermatophores, 53 ; on Proteus, 



134 

 Zonuridae. 513, 536 

 Zonurus derbianus s. giganteus, ^36, 537 



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