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INDEX 



Coluber flavescens, 187 



Coluber hydrus, 160 



Coluber insignitus, 208 



Coluber leopardinus, 191 



Coluber longissimus, 187 



Coluber quadrilineatus, 191 



Coluber quaterradiatus, 182 



Coluber quatuorlineatus, 182 



Coluber riccioli, 202 



Coluber rubens, 204 



Coluber sauromates, 183 



Coluber scalaris, 194 



Coluber torquatus, 152 



Coluber viridiflavus, 170 



Colubridcs, 4, 150 



ColubrincB, 4, 151 



concolor (Tropidonotus tessellatus, 



var.), 162 

 concolor (Vipera berus, var.), 234 

 Coniophis, 7 

 Constriction, 96 

 Contia, 205 

 Contia modesta, 205 

 Coral-Snakes, 32, 34, 35 

 Coronella, 196 

 Coronella austriaca, 197 

 Coronella girondica, 202 

 Coronella italica, 197 

 Coryphodonts, 58 

 CrotalincB, 5, 220 

 Crotalon, 20 

 Crotalus, 21 

 cucullatus (Macroprotodon). 213 



Dahl's Whip-Snake, 177 

 dahlii (Zamenis), 177 

 Dasypeltina, 5 

 Defecation, 99 

 Definition, 1 

 Deglutition, 98 

 Dentition, 53 

 Desert Snakes, 36 

 Development, 88 

 Diacranterians, 58 

 Dicephalous young, 89 

 Digestion, 99 

 rf/0»* (Coluber), 185 

 Dione Snake, 185 

 Dipsadomorphina, 5, 151 



Disgorging, 99 

 Distribution, 118 

 Dolichosauria, 1 

 dorsalis (Pelias), 234 

 Drinking, 101 

 dumfriesiensis (Coluber), 200 

 Dwarf Snake, 205 



Economic value, 138 



Eggs, 85 



Egg-eating Snakes, 53, 80 



Egg-tooth, 89 



Elachistodonti a, 5 



Elaphis cervone, 182 



Elapince, 5 



Elaps, 35 



elsneri (Coluber leopardinus t var.), 



193 

 Embryo, 88 

 Epiglottis, 79 

 Eryx, 147 

 Eryx jaculus, 147 

 European Whip-Snake, 170 

 External characters, 8 

 Exuviae, 20 

 Exuviation, 105 

 Eyes, 11, 73 



False Smooth Snake, 213 

 fallax (Tarbophis), 217 

 Fangs, 53 

 Fascination, 104 

 Fat-bodies, 81 

 Faunistic works, 130 

 Feigning death, 104 

 fitzingeri (Coronella), 197 

 flavescens (Coluber), 187 

 flavescens (Tropidonotus tessellatus, 



var.), 163 

 Flukes, 112 

 Flying Snakes, 94 

 Food, 95 

 Form, 8 

 Fossils, 6 



Gape, 11 

 Gastrosteges, 15 

 gemonensis (Zamenis), 170 

 Genital organs, 82 

 girondica (Coronella), 202 



