LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Red Teguexin, Tuptnambis rujescens 



Sooty Amphisbaena, Amphisbaena fuliginosa 



Common Skink, Scincus officinalis . 



Eyed Skink, Chalcides ocellaUts 



Blue-tongued Skink, Tiliqua scincoides 



Cunningham's Skink, Egernia cunninghami 



Stump-tailed Lizard, Trachysaurus rugosus 



Common Chameleon, Chamceleon vulgaris 



Lobed Chameleon feeding, Chamceleon parvilob 



Warty Chameleon, Chameleon verrucosus 



Dwarf Chameleon, Chamaleon pumilus . 



Head of Puff Adder, Bitis arietans, showing fangs 



Cast " skin " of Puff Adder, Bitis arietans, showing the eye-scales 



Part of Indian Python {Python molurus), showing rudimentary hind 



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Complete Bones of the Hinder Limb-girdle of Python 

 (From Guide to the Reptile Gallery of the B.M.) 

 West African Typhlops, Typhlops punctatus 

 Reticulated Python, Python reticulatus . 

 Reticulated Python, constricting a kid . 

 Indian Python, Python molurus 

 Royal Python, Python regius 

 Diamond Python, Python spilotes . 

 Carpet Python, Python spilotes, var. variegata . 

 Anaconda, Eunectes murinus .... 

 Common Boa, Boa constrictor 

 Rainbow Boa, Epicrates cenchris 

 Madagascar Tree Boa, Corallus madagascariensis 

 Indian Eryx, Eryx johnii .... 

 African Burrowing Boa, Calabaria reinhardtii 

 Elephant-trunk Snake, Acrochordus javanicus . 

 Sharp-nosed Snake, Lioheterodon madagascariensis 

 Common Grass Snake, Tropidonotus natrix 

 Grass snakes emerging from their eggs 

 The False Mocassin, Tropidonotus fasciatus, var. rhombifer 

 Garter Snake, Tropidonotus ordinatus 



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