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INDEX 



250 ; R. afghana, 250 ; R. agilis, 257 ; 



R. albolabris, 250 ; R. alticola, 250 ; R. 



arvalis, 257 ; R. catesbiana, 261 ; R. 



chalconota, 250 ; R. chloronota, 250 ; R. 



clamata, 20£, 263 ; R. corrugata, 250 ; 



R. curtipes, 250 ; R. ci/anophlyctis, 250 ; 



R. elegans, 250 ; R. eri/tliraea, 25U ; R. 



esculenta, 263 ; rueclianisin of tongue, 



268 ; vocal sacs, 269 ; var. chincnsis, 



267 ; var. lessonae, 265 ; var. ridibwiula, 



264; var. typica, 265 ; R. fontinalis, 



262 ; R. glandidnsa, 250 ; R. gracilis, 



261; R. graeca, 259; R. guppyi, 261; 



R. halecina, 263 ; R. hexadactyla, 250 ; 



jR. iberica, 258; R, latastei, 259; R. 



liebigi, 250 ; R. mascariensis, 250 ; R. 



montezamae, 250 ; R. mugiens, 261 ; R. 



opisthodon, 260 ; R, oxyrhynchus, 250 ; 



R. rugosa, 250 ; R. silvatica, 259 ; R. 



temporalis, 250 ; R. temporaria, 251 f., 



255 ; R. tigrina, 261 

 Rauidae, 139, 237 f. 

 Ranidens, 96 ; R. sihiricus, 109 

 Raniformes, 139, 140 

 Rauinae, 139, 237, 23S f. ; distribution, 



239 

 Rapp>ia, 241 

 Rat Snake, 611, 612 

 Rattle of Rattle-Snake, 644 

 Rattle-Snake, 6jS f., 648, 650 

 Reduction of limbs, in Urodela, IG ; in 



Lacertilia, 497 

 Regeueration, in Amphibia, 66 f. ; of tail in 



Sphenodoii, 298 ; of shell in C'lielonia, 



329 ; of horny shields in Chelonia, 329, 



386 : of tail in Lacertilia, 495 ; of tail 



in Geckos, 506 

 Regions, geographical, 74 f. 

 Reproduction of Tortoise-shell, 386 

 Reptilia, defined, 277 ; principal charactei's 



of, 278 ; classification of, 279 ; diagram 



of affinities of principal groups, 282 ; 



affinities to Mammalia, 303, 309 

 Respiration, mode of, in Chelonia, 331 ; 



assisted by anal sacs, 330 

 Respiratory organs, of Amphibia, 40 

 Rhachiodontinae, 622 

 Rhacop>horus, 151, 186, 238, 241, 244, 



246 ; Rh. leucomysta.c, 247 ; tadpoles, 



249 ; Rh. maculatus, nesting, 248 ; Rh. 



madagascariensis, 245; Rh. maxim us, 



245 ; Rh. pardalis, 246, 246 ; Rh. 



reiiiwardti, 24^7 ; Rh. reticulatus, 24S ; 



Rh. schlegeli, nesting, 248 

 Rhampholeon spectrum, 580 

 Rhamphorhynchus longicaudatus, 486 ; 



Rh. phyllurus, 4^6 ; Rh. muensteri, 



487 

 Rhamphosuckus crass idens, 453 

 Rhinatrenui, 89 

 Rhinemys, 389, 399 

 Rhiuochelys, 390 



Rhinoderma, 226, 227, 228; Rh. darwini, 

 2281 



Rhinopihis, 91 ; Rh. sanguineus, 596 



Rhinophrynus, 166, 168; Rh. dorsalis, 

 185, 227 



Rhinophrys, 167 



Rhombophryne, 225, 227 



Rhynchocephali, 292 



Rhynchosaurus, 292 



Rhytidosteus, 83 



Ribs, of Urodela, 14 ; of Anura, 21 : of 

 Microsauri, 288 ; of Sphenodon, 297 ; 

 of Theromorpha, 302 ; of Cynognathus, 

 307 ; of Microgomphodon, 309 ; of 

 Chelonia, 315, 320, 324 ; of Dinosauria, 

 413 ; of Crocodilia, 438 ; of Parasuchia, 

 434 ; of Eusuchia, 439 ; of Lacertilia, 

 495 ; of Geckones, 504 ; much elongated 

 in certain Iguanidae, 529 ; meeting 

 ventrally in Chameleons. 568 



Ridewood, ou hyoid ajjparatns of Anura, 

 31 



Ringhals, 632. 633 



Ritter and Miller, ou Autodax, 107 



Robinson, on peculiar use of Varanus, 546 



Rodriguez, gigantic tortoises, 374 



Rostral bone of Ceratopsia, 430 



Round Island snake, 603 



Sacral vertebrae of Anura, 21, 22 

 Salamandra, 115 f. ; trunk -vertebra, 14 ; 



skull, 17 ; lower jaw, 17 ; <listribution, 



96, 115 f. ; S. atra, 119 f. ; S. caucasica, 



121 ; S. maculosa, 115 f. 

 Sidamandrella, 96, 109; S. keyserlingi, 



109 ; S. schrenki, egg-sac, 110 

 Salamandridae, 94, 102 

 Salamandrina, 96, 115 ; S. p)C'i'sp)iciUata, 



122 ; skull, 17 

 Salamandrinae, 102, 115 

 Sarasin, P. and F., 10 ; on Coeciliae, 88 : 



on Ichthyophis, 90 

 Sauria, 491 f. 



Saurichnitcs salamandr aides, 83 

 Sauropoda, ^15 

 Sauropsida, 5, 277 

 Sauropterygia, 476 

 Saurostermmi, 291 

 Scales of Apoda, 87 

 Scaling, aberrant, 495 

 Scaphinp>hryne, 225, 226, 227 

 Scaphiopu.s, 161, 164 .' '5'- solitarius, 165 

 Scapteira, deserticolous, 494 

 Scapula, attached to thoracic vertebrae, 



487 

 Scelidosaurus, 416 ; S. Harrison i, 425 

 Scheuchzer, on llomo diluvii testis, 84 

 Schlegel, on Vryjytobnmchus, 100 

 Schnberg, on mechanism of finger-discs of 



Hylidae, 187 

 Schwalbe, on Salamandra atra, 120 

 Scincidae, 514, ^59 f. 



