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INDEX 



Lacertilia, 491 f. ; .skeleton, 494 f. ; skin, 

 497 ; cliange of colour, 498 



Lacliesis (jramincus, 647 ; L. lanceidatus, 

 646, 647 



Land-tortoises, 364 f- 



Lauthauotidae, 5 14, o41 f- 



Lontlianntus horneensis, 541 



Ldoscoirus, 4~7 



Larlosaurns, 473, 474 ; L. balsam i, 477 



Larvae, oflchthi/ophis, 91 ; of Hi/jhii/co/j/i is, 

 92; of Amhlystomu, 112 ; of ■ Triton 

 ■ivalt/i, 131 



Latreille, on classification, 7, 8 



Laureiiti, on classification, 7 



Leathery TnTt\e= Sphaiyis, 333 f., 334 



Lechriodonta, distribution of, 95 ; defined, 

 102 



Lejnduhatrachiis, 21J, 21S 



Lepidop}njma, 547 



Lepospondylous, defined, 79 



Lcptobrachium, 161 ; L. carinense, 166 



Leptodactylus, Hi, 218 f.; L. albilahris, 

 219 ; L. mi/stacinus, 219 : L. ocellatus, 

 219 ; L. ti'iphoiiiiis, 219 f.' 



Leptiirjiiathus, 6^4 



Leptophis, 618 ; L. liocerus, 6 IS, 619 



Leslie, on Xenojms, 146 



Leuckart, on classification, 8 



Leydig's duct, defined, 48, 49 



Lialis burtoni, 567 



Limbs, of Amphibia, 26, 27 ; Stegocephali, 

 79, 83 ; Eryops, 286 ; Microsauri, 

 289 ; Prosauri, 291 ; Sphenodon, 298 ; 

 There miorpha, 302 ; Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 Chelonia, 320, 319, 320 ; Sphavffis, 

 335 ; Chelonidae, 379 ; Dinosauria, 

 414 f., 418, 420 ; Oompsognathus, 423 ; 

 Stegosaiiri, 426 f. ; Iguanodon, 428, 

 428 ; Eusuchia, 440 ; Plesiosauria, 

 475, 475 ; Lariosaurus, 477 ; Ichthyo- 

 sanria, 480 ; Pterosaui-ia, 485, 485 ; 

 Lacertilia, 495 ; Geckones, 505 ; Cham- 

 eleons, 568 ; reduction of, in Lacertilia, 

 497 ; in Ophidia, 593, 594, 596 



Limnodynastes, 213, 222 ; spawning, 223 



Liin nomedusa, Hi 



Linnaeus, on classification, 7 



Liodon haumuriensitt, 4'>'-> 



Liolepis belli, 527 



Liopelma, 153 ; L. hochstetteri, 160 



Linphnjne, 225, 227 



Linsdnrus, 529 



Lissamphibia, 84 f- 



Lizard, Common English, 553 : Emerald, 

 555 ; Eyed, 556, 556 ; Green, 555 ; 

 Sand,' 554 ; Wall, 557 



Lizards, 491 f. 



Locality, sense of, in Tortoises, 368, 

 387 " 



Loggerhead Turtle, 3S7 ; individual 

 varieties of shields, 327, 388 



Longevity, of Testudo daudini, 376 ; T. 



graeca, 369 ; T. ibcra, 369 ; T. sumeirei, 



377 

 Loxocemus hicolor, 598 

 Loxomma, 83 



Lucilia biifonivora, Hy infesting Bvfo, 1 76 

 Lungs, definition, 40 ; suppression of, 46 ; 



of Aglossa, 144; of Lacertilia, 499 

 Luth, or Leathery Turtle, 333 f., 334 

 Lycosaurus, 307 

 Lygosoma, distribution, 501 

 Lymph-spaces, in the cutis of Anura, 34 

 Lyriocephalus sadatus, 517. 518 

 Lytvloma, 336, 380 



Mabuia, 562 ; distribution, 501 ; eyelids, 

 494 ; M. vittatta, 562 



Macroclemmys, 326 ; M, temm incki, 840 f., 

 340 



Macnqjrotodon cucullatiis, 624 



Macrorhyuchidae, 4^1 



Madagascar, Lacertilia of, 502 



Mulacoclemmys terrapin, 359 f. ; com- 

 mercial breeding-farms. 360 



Malpighian, body, 49 ; stratum, 32- 



Mammalian attinities of Theromorpha, 303, 

 309 



Manculns, 96, 1U3, 100; M. qnadridigi- 

 tatus, 106 



Mandible, composition of, in Crocodiles, 

 437 ; very Mammalian in Oomphagna- 

 thus, 309' 



Man tell a, 274 



Mantophryne, '22b, 227 



Maps showing geographical distribution, of 

 Coeciliidae, 89 ; L^rodela, 95 ; Agio.ssa, 

 143 ; Cystignathidae, Di.scoglossidae 

 Pelobatidae, " 161 : Bufonidae, 167 

 Hylidae, 185 : Ranidae. 239 : Clu-ly 

 didae, 332, 333 : Chelydiidae, 332 

 Cinosternidae, 332 ; Dermatemydidae 

 332 ; Pelomedusiilae, 332 ; Platyster 

 nidae, 332 ; Triouychidae, 333 ; Croco- 

 dilia, 446 : Geckonidae, 503 ; Agamidae, 

 515 ; Anguidae, 529 : Iguanidae, 529 ; 

 Zonuridae, 529 : Varanidae, 543 ; 

 Lacertidae, 552 ; Amphisbaenidae, 565 ; 

 Chaniaeleontes, 568 ; Snakes, danger- 

 ously poisonous, 585 ; Elapinae, 626 : 

 Crotalinae. 644 ; Viiierinae, 638 



Marbled Newt, 126 



Marginal jilates of Chelonia, 325, 322, 323 



Marginal shields, 326 



Marsh, on Axolotl, 115 



Marsh Crocodile, ^-JJ 



Marshal], on distribution of Uropeltidae, 

 595 



Mascarene Islands, tortoises of, 373 f. 



Mason, on habits of Calotes, 519 ; on. 

 Python legends, 599 ; on Varanus, 544 



Mastodonsan rus, S3 



Ma.t:\ma.ta = (Jielys Jimbriata, 4OO. 401 



Mauritius, gigantic tortoises, 373 f., 376 



