VERTEBRATA 41 



Sub-order Diplasiocoela 



Rana (frog, true frog); Astylosternus (hairy frog); 

 Rhacophorus ( = Polypedates) (tree frog) ; Microhyla, 

 Callulina 

 Order GYMNOPfflONA (caecilians) 

 ( = Apoda^) 

 Caecilia; Scolecomorphus; Hypogeophis; 

 Ichthyophis ; Gymnopis 



Class REPTILIA (reptiles) 



Class AVES (birds) 



Order RHYNCHOCEPHALIA 



Sphenodon ( = Hatteria) (tuatara) 

 Order TESTUDINES 

 ( = Chelonia) 

 Sub-order Cryptodira 



Testudo (Greek tortoise, etc.); Chelone (green 

 turtle); Dermochelys (leathery turtle); Chrysemys 

 (terrapin) ; Trionyx (soft-shelled turtle) 

 Sub-order Pleurodira 



Chelus (matamata) ; Chelodina (long necked turtle) 

 Order CROCODYLIA 

 ( = Loricata) 

 Crocodylus^ (crocodile) ; Gavialis (Indian 'gharial') ; 

 Tomistoma (Malayan gavial) ; Caiman (South 

 American caiman) ; Alligator (alligator) 

 Order SQUAMATA 

 Sub-order Sauria (lizards) 

 ( = Lacertilia) 

 Hemidactylus (gecko); Iguana (iguana); Anguis 

 (slow-worm); Heloderma (Gila monster); Lacerta 

 (green lizard, wall lizard, etc.); Chamaeleo 

 (chamaeleon) 

 Sub-order Serpentes (snakes) 

 ( = Ophidia) 

 Constrictor (boa); Python (python); Matrix 

 ( = Tropidonotus) (grass snake, water snake, etc.); 

 Naja (cobra); Vipera (=Pelias) (viper, adder); 

 Crotalus (rattle snake) 



Order STRUTHIONIFORMES (ostriches) 



Struthio 

 Order RHEIFORMES (rheas) 



Rhea 

 Order CASUARUFORMES 



Dromiceius (emu) ; Casuarius (cassowary) 

 Order APTERYGIFORMES (kiwis) 



Apteryx 

 Order TK^AMIFORMES (tinamous) 

 ( = Crypturi) 



Rhynchotus; Crypturelliis; Nothura; Nothoprocta 



1 See Holothuroidea, p. 33. 



- This is the original and, therefore, correct spelling, by Laurenti in 1 768. 



