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INDEX 



Ceratobatracliidae, 141 



Ceratobatracliinae, 139, ii37 f. 



Ceratobatrachus (/iicnthcri, 237 



Ceratohyla, 211 



Ceratophora, 517 ; C. stoddarti, 517 ; C. 

 tennenti, 517 



Ceralophnjs, 212, 215 t ; C. cornnta, 216 ; 

 C. dorsata, 215 ; C. ornata, 216, 217 



Ceratopsia, 4^0 



Ceratosanrus, 413, 416, 417 ; C. na-sicornis, 

 422, 422 



Cerberus rhynclwps, 625 



Oetiosaurns, Ifl9 



Ghalarodon, 52S ; geographical distribu- 

 tion of, 501 



(Jhalcldes, 562 ; Ch. bedriayae, 563 ; Ch. 

 guentheri, 563 ; Ch. liiieatus, 563 ; Ch. 

 ocellatus, 563; Ch. tridadylas, 563 



Chainaeleon, 573 ; Ch. bijidus, 580 ; Ch. 

 calcaratus, 579 ; Ch. parsoni, 580 ; Ch. 

 pumibis, 579, 575 ; Ch. ■culgaris, 573, 

 574, 575 



Chamaeleoiites, 567 f. ; distribution, 568 ; 

 skull, 568, 569 ; tongue, 569 f.; colour- 

 changing mechanism, 570, 571, 573 f.; 

 eggs, 572 



Chamaeleontidae, 573 f. 



Chainaerops humllis, dates of, eaten by 

 Tcstado, 367 



Chameleon, misnamed Calotes, 51S ; 

 misnamed Polychrus, 529 



Chauvin, Marie von, on Axolotl, 113 ; on 

 Salamandra atra, 120 



Chelodina, suppression of neural plates, 

 324 ; iutergular shields, 389, 315 ; 

 skull, 399 ; Ch. longicuUis, 402 f., 403 



Chelonc, skull, 317 ; skeleton, 320 ; 

 plastron, 321 ; shields, 327 ; iutergular 

 shields, 325 ; Cli. viydas, 3S1 f. ; various 

 modes of fishing, etc., 382, 383 ; Ch. 

 imbricata, 384, 385 



Clieloueniydidae, 380 



Chelouia, 312 ; luimber of species, 312 ; 

 affinities of, 312 ; classification, 313 ; 

 key to living families, 314 ; plastron, 

 names of the horny shields, 315, 321, 

 325; vertebrae, 314 f., 316; skull, 

 280, 317, 356, 364, 3T9, 400, 405 ; 

 skeleton of Ted» do, 319; of Che/one, 320; 

 pectoral arch, 318 ; pelvis, 319 ; plas- 

 tron, bones of, 321 ; limbs, 320 ; bony 

 shell, 321 f., 322, 323 ; evolution of, 

 337 ; evolution of the horny shields, 

 326 f. , 327 ; regeneration, 329 ; sense- 

 organs, 329 ; digestive apparatus, 330 ; 

 respiration, 331 ; growth of Chrysemys, 

 349 



Chclonidae, 313, 314, 37Si.; affinities of, 

 380 



Chelydidae, 313, 314, 399; distribution, 

 332, 333 



Chdydosaurus, 82, 287 



Chelydra, 328 ; Ch. serpentina, 338 

 Chelydridae, 313, 314, 338 ; distribution 



of, 332 

 Chelydropsis. nuchal plates, 324 

 Chelys fiiahriata, 400 ; skull, 400, 401; 



iutergular shiehls, 325 

 Chersydras granulatus, 607 

 Chiog/ossa, 96, 115 ; Ch. lusitanica, 121 

 Chirixalus, 241 

 Chiroleptes, 209, 213, 221 ; Ch. platyceph- 



alus, 221 

 Chiroviantis, 238, 241, 244; Ch. petersi, 



244 : Ch. xerampelina, 244 

 Chirotes, 564 ; Ch. caned kulatus, 566 

 Chirothermm, 83 

 Chlamydosaurus kingi, 522, 523 

 Choanae, or inner nasal openings, 47 

 Chorda dorsalis, the axial rod between the 



gut and the spinal cord, around wliich 



the vertebrae are formed, 12 

 Ch&rophdiis, 186, 189; Ch. vrnatu.% 20S 

 Chromatophores, 35 

 Chrysemys, costal plates of, 325 ; green 



colour of, 328, 346 f. ; colour of iris, 



329 ; Ch. concinna, 346, 349, 350 ; Ch. 



elegans, 346 ; Ch. picta, 346, 347, 348 ; 



Ch. rubriventrls, 346 

 Chthonerpcfon, 87, 90 

 Cuii(ilatti((unis, 47s ; C. australis, 4''^ : ^^• 



cantahrigiensis, 478 ; C. chilensis, 4'^8 ; 



C. haasti, 478 

 Cinosternidae, 313, 314, 342 ; distribution, 



332 

 Cumsternum, 342 f. ; arrangement of 



neural plates, 324 ; C. leucostniniim, 342, 



344 ; C. odoratum, 342, 343 ; C. jxnn- 



sylroninim, 342, 344 

 Ciiii/.'-is hr/li,(na, 365 ; C. erosa, 364, 365 ; 



('. h,>i„r,nia, 364 

 Cistecephalus, 310 

 Cistudo, arrangement of neural plates, 324 ; 



C. Carolina, 361 f. , 364 ; colour of iris, 



329 

 Claosaurus, 429 

 Clarke, on habits and development of 



AUigator, 467 

 Classification of Amphibia, historical 



account, 7 f. 

 Clawed Toad [Xenopus), I46 f. 

 Claws or nails of Amphibia, 32 

 Cleithra = the pair of additional clavicles ; 



of Stegocephali, 79 ; of Pareiasmiriis, 



304, 305 

 Clemmys, 356 f.; C. caspica, 358; C. 



insculpia, 359 ; C. leprosa, 356 f., 353 ; 



skull, 356 

 Clepsydropt.% 308 

 Clidastes torfor, 490 

 Cloaca, of Clielonia, 330 ; of Crocodiles, 



445 ; of Lacertilia, 498 

 Cnemidopho'rus, 549 ; C. sexlineatus, 549 

 Cobra, 627, 627 



