LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Red Teguexin, Tupinambis rufescens 

 Sooty Amphisbaena, Amphisbaena juliginosa 

 Common Skink, Scincus officinalis . 

 Eyed Skink, Chalcides ocellatus 

 Blue-tongued Skink, Tiliqua scincoides 

 Cunningham's Skink, Egernia cunninghami 

 Stump-tailed Lizard, Trachysaurus rugosus 

 Common Chameleon, Chamceleon vulgaris 

 Lobed Chameleon feeding, Chamaleon parvilobus 

 Warty Chameleon, Chamceleon verrucosus 

 Dwarf Chameleon, Chamceleon 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 

 limbs ....... 



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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