416 INDEX. 
SALAMANDERS— 
metamorphosis of, 361, 363 
Mississippian, 393 
Necturus, 395 
Olm, 395 
poisonous secretion of, 362 
Proteide, 395 
Proteus anguinus, 395 
Pseudo-branchus — striatus, 
396 
reproduction of lost limbs 
by, 358 
Salamandra atra, 363 
caucasica, 364 
maculosa, 359 
perspicillata, 365 
Siren lacertina, 396 
Sirenide, 396 
Spanish, 365 
Spectacled, 365 
Spotted, 359 
tadpoles of, 360, 363 
Tarantolina, 365 
tenacity of life of, 358 
Three-toed, 394 
vivaria for, 23, 362, 364 
young of, 361 
Salamandride, 359, 367, 389 
Sand-Lizard, 84 
Spanish, 105 
Sand-Skink, Greenish, 127 
Ocellated, 124 
Three-toed, 128, 131 
Sand-Snakes, 212 
Hissing, 285 
Sauromalus, 138 
Sauropsida, 4 
Sauropterygia, 4 
Sauvegarde, South American, 
83 
Saxifrages, 34 
Scelotes bipes, 129 
tridactylus, 128, 131 
Scheltopusik, 108 
Seineide, 119 
Seineus officinalis, 123 
Scolopendriums, 32 — 
Sea Lizard, 138 
Serpent, the ‘‘ Great,’ 187 
Sea Snakes, 183 
Turtles, 43 
Sedums, 35 
Selaginellas, 33 
Selection of animals, 27, 53 
Sempervivums, 34 
Seps tridaetylus, 128, 131 
viridanus, 127 
Serpent, ‘‘ Great ’’ Sea, 187 
SERPENTS, 162. See Snakes 
Seven-banded Snake, 238 
Sharp-headed Lizard, 104 
Shielded Eryx, 213 
Short-headed Frogs, 356 
Short-toed Monitor, 79 
Shrubs for vivaria, 35 
Siren lacertina, 396 
Sirenide, 359, 396 
SKINKS, 119 
Aldrovandi’s, 123, 125 
Common, 123 
food for, 124 
Greenish Sand, 127 
Ocellated Sand, 124 
Sand, 124, 127 
Three-toed, 128, 131 
vivaria for, 25, 124 
Sleeping Lizard, 119 
Slender-fingered Frog, 323 
SLOW-WORMS, 112, 115, 129 
brittleness of, 114 
food of, 117 
median eye of, 114 
Spotted, 129 
superstitions regarding, 112 
vivaria for, 11, 117 
Slugs and their eggs as food, 302 
Smooth Lizard, 104 
Newt, 377, 380 
Snake, 273 
Spur-toed Frog, 354 
SNAKES, 162 
Acrochordine, 214 
Adder, 223 
Chequered, 271 ; 
Spreading, 271 
Ahetulla liocercus, 269 
Adjigar, 203 
Esculapian, 260 
