CONTENTS 



REPTILES 



CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLASS REPTILIA. 



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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REPTILES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES Diversity of Form and 



Structure Skeleton Teeth Vertebrae Classification and Distribution, . 2357 



CHAPTER II. CROCODILES, DINOSAURS, AND FLYING DRAGONS, Orders 

 Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and Ornithosauria. 



Characteristics of Crocodiles Their Habits Existing Crocodiles (Crocodilidee) 

 Caimans (Caiman) Alligators (Alligator) Double-Tusked Alligators (Diplocyno- 

 don) Stumpy Crocodile (Osteolcemus) True Crocodiles (Crocodilus) Indian 

 Crocodile Estuarine Crocodile Nile Crocodile Siam Crocodile Sharp-Nosed 

 Crocodile Orinoco Crocodile Long-Nosed Crocodile Schlegel's Garial 

 (Rhynchosuchus)Ga.Ti&\ (Garialis) Extinct Garial The Earlier Crocodiles 

 The Extinct Dinosaurs (Dinosauria) Flying Dragons or Pterodactyles (Ornitlio- 

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CHAPTER III. TORTOISES, TURTLES, AND PLESIOSAURS, Orders Chelonia 



and Sauropterygia. 



Characteristics of Tortoises and Turtles (Chelonia) Their Habits and Distribution The 

 Land Tortoises and Terrapins ( Testudinidcn) Land Tortoises ( Testudo) Florida 

 Tortoise Brazilian Tortoise Burmese Brown Tortoise Elegant Tortoise 

 Giant Tortoises Aldabra Tortoise Mascarene Tortoises Galapagos Tortoises 

 Grecian Tortoise Other Species Angulated Tortoise Areolated Tortoise 

 (Homopus) Hinged Tortoises (Cinixys) Spider Tortoise (Pyxis) Spinose Land 

 Terrapin (Geoemyda) Chaibassa Terrapin (Nicoria) Hinged Terrapins (Cyclemys) 

 Box Tortoises (Cistudo) Pond Tortoises (Emys) Terrapins Sculptured Ter- 



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