Some Observations on Caudal Autotomy and 
Regeneration in the Gecko (Hemidactylus 
flaviviridis, Ruppel), with Notes on the 
Tails of Sphenodon and Pygopus. 
By 
W. N. F. Woodland, D.Se. (Lond.), 
Indian Educational Service, 
Senior Professor of Zoology, Muir Central College, Allahabad, India. 
With 6 Text-figures. 
CONTENTS. 
INTRODUCTORY . ; 
NAKED-EYE OBSERVATIONS ON Ga Momoroee 
NAKED-EYE OBSERVATIONS ON NORMAL Gitar! neeeeniaon 
Tur GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE ORIGINAL TAIL OF Hemidac- 
tylus flaviviridis P : 3 : : 
Tur CaupAL FLEXoR MuscLES: THEIR ATTACHMENTS AND MoprE 
or AcTION IN AUTOTOMY : 
A BRIEF COMPARISON OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE Gitowo Tam WITH 
THAT OF THE Tart oF A NoN-AvutTotomous Lizarp, Calotes 
versicolor : : 
PLANES oR LINES OF CLEAVAGE IN AUTOTOMY 
Tur STRUCTURE OF THE REGENERATED TAIL OF THE Gucken 
Tur HistoGenesis oF NorMAL CaAuDAL REGENERATION 
CGauDAL REGENERATION UNDER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS 
Notes on TECHNIQUE ; : : 
Nores ON THE ORIGINAL AND REGENERATED fans OF rap noee: 
don punctatus 
R&tsuME - : - : : : : : 
APPENDIX. NOTE ON THE REGENERATION OF DIGITS IN AN INDIAN 
ToapD 
