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INDEX 



Amphiuniidae, 94, 07 



Ainphodus, 210; A. ivHchcri, '211 



Anaconda, 603, 603 



Anaides = AuttMhix (q.v.), 107 



Anal sacs of Chelonia, used as additional 

 respiratory organs, 330 



Anarosaurus pumilio, If77 



Anchisaurus, 415, 417, 431; skull of A. 

 cod urns, 421 



Ancistrodon, 645 ; A. contortrix, 646, 646 ; 

 .4. h'alys, 645 ; A. hiinalayanus, 645 ; 

 A. piscivorus, G45, 645 



Anderson, on nest of Gavialis, 452 



Andrews, on Aniblystoma, 110 



Andrias scheuchzeri, 84 



Anelytropidae, 514i 564 



A nehjtropsis jMpdlosus, 564 



Antjuidae, 513, 537 f. ; distribution, 501, 

 529 



Anguis fragilis, 539, 539 



A n iella jndchra, 064 



Aniellidae, 514, 564 



Annandale, on habits of Calotes, 518 ; of 

 Liolepis, 527 ; of Rhacoplwrus, 247 ; of 

 Varanus salcator, 544 



Anodonta, as food of Trionyx, 407 



Anodontohyla, 236 



Anolis, 528 ; A. carolinensis, 529 



Anoniodoutia, 309 



Anura, 7 ; characters, 138 ; classification, 

 139 f., 141 ; phylogenetic tree of, 142 



Anus, asymmetrical position of, 60 



Apoda, S4 f. ; aflinities, 88 ; distribution, 

 89 ; eyes, 86 ; skin, 87 ; skull, 84, 85 ; 

 spermatozoa, 87 ; tentacular apparatus, 

 88 ; vertebrae, 86 ; visceral arches, 86 



Archaeopteryx, 417 



Archegosauriis, vertebrae, 13, 82, 287 



Arcifera, of Cope, 140 ; of Boulenger, 140 



Arciferous, type of shoulder-girdle, 24, 25 



Ario)i, slug, eaten by tortoises, 363 



Ai-rau-turtle (Podocnemis), 391 f. 



Arteria cutanea magna, 144 ; A. sacralis 

 of Anura, 144 



Arthroleptis, 24I, 242; A. seychellensis, 

 243, 243 



Ascaphus, 153 



Asterophrys, 161 



Athecae, 333, definition of name, 337 



Atlantosaurus, 415, 4IO ; A. immanis, 

 419, 420 



Atlas and Axis, i.e. first and second 

 cervical vertebrae ; of Cryptobrnnchus, 

 13 ; of Crocodilia, 283 ; of Chelonia, 

 283, 316 ; of Sphenndon, 283, 294 ; 

 atlas fused with axis, 307 



Atoposauridae, 453 



Atractaspis, 638 ; dentition, 593 u. 



Atria, the thin-walled recejitive parts (au- 

 ricles) of the heart 



Auditory columellar apparatus, of Am- 

 phibia, 24 ; of Anura, 29 



Australian, Anura, spawning time and 

 habits of. 201 ; Lacertilia, 502 



Autodax, 96, IO4, 107 ; A. lugiibris, 107 ; 

 A. iecanus, 107 



Autosauri, 491 f. 



Axis ; see Atlas 



Axolotl, 65, 112 f., 112 ; Neoteny of, 65, 

 112 



AzcmiojJS feac, 638 



Balancers of Amphibia, 45 



Baptanodon, 483, 484 



Barfurth, on absorption of Tadpole's tail, 



61 

 Bartlett, on Boa constrictor, 602 ; on Pijm, 



152 

 BasUiscus, 528, 530 ; B. americamts, 530, 



530 

 Bates, on habits of Podocnemis, 392 f. 

 Batrachomyia, fiy infesting Bufonidae, 177 

 Batrachophrynus, 224; B. macrostomus, 



225 ; B. brack ydacty his, 224 

 Batrachopsis, 161 

 Batrachoseps, 96, IO4 

 Batrachylodes, 241 

 Batrachyperus, 96 ; B. sinensis, 109 

 Baur, on Sphargis, 336 

 Bdellop)his, 90 

 Bedriaga, on Axolotl, 114 ; synopsis of 



Urodelous Larvae, 59 n. 

 Bell, J., on classification, 8 

 Bell, Napier, on habits of Iguana, 531 

 Belodon, 305, 434, US 

 Bemmelen, on Sjjhargis, 336 

 Berg, on Sjjclerpes fuscus, 106 

 Bert, quoted, 571 n. 

 Bidder's organ, 49, 52 

 Biedermann, on change of colour in Ilyla, 



35 

 Birds not related to Dinosaurs, 416 f. 

 Bitis arietans, 639, 639 ; B. nasicornis, 



640 

 Black Snake, of Australia, 634 ; of North 



America, 613 

 Blainville, de, on classification, 7 

 Blanus cinercus, 566 



Blood, shape of red corpuscles, 4 ; tem- 

 perature, 67 f. 

 Blood-sucker = C«7o<es ophiomachiis, 519 

 Blum, quoted, 642 n. 

 Boa, 602 ; B. constrictor, 602 ; B. ditmerili, 



602 ; B. niadagascariensis, 602 

 Boettger, on influence of climateand country 



upon reptiles, 492 f. 

 Boidae, 592, 596 f. ; skull, 596, 597 

 Boinae, 601 f. 

 Bombinator, 154 f> 155 ; habits, 156 f. ; 



tadpoles, 157 ; abnormal vertebrae, 22 ; 



shoulder-girdle, 25 ; urino-genital organs, 



49 ; B. igneus, 154, 155 ; B. pachypus, 



155 

 Bothrops, 647 



