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rapin (Clemmys) Thick- Necked Terrapin (Bellia) Hamilton's Terrapin (Da- 

 monia) Salt- Water Terrapin (Malaclemmys) Painted Terrapin ( Chrysemys) 

 Eyed and Chinese Terrapins (Morenia) Batagurs (Cachuga, etc.) Big-Headed 

 Tortoise (Platysternidce) Mud Terrapins and Their Allies (Cinosternidce and 

 Dermatemydidte) Maw's Terrapin (Dermatemys) The Snappers and Alligator 

 Terrapins (Chelydrida?) Alligator Terrapin (Chelydra) Temminck's Snapper 

 (Macroclemmys) The Turtles (Chelonidce) Green and Hawksbill Turtles 

 (Chelone) Loggerhead Turtle (Thalassochelys) Habits of Turtles Tortoise 

 Shell Extinct Turtles Leathery Turtles (Dermochelyida) The Side-Necked 

 Tortoises (Chelyidce and Pelomedusidte) Matamata Tortoise (Chelys) Snake- 

 Necked Tortoises (Hydromedusa) Australian Long-Necked Tortoises (Ckelodina) 



Other Genera Greaved Tortoises (Podocnemis) Allied Genera Fly River 

 Turtle (Carettochelyidee) Australian Horned Tortoises (Miolaniidcs) Extinct 

 European Genera Generalized Chelonians (Pleurosternum, etc.) The Soft 

 Tortoises (Trionychidce) Typical Genus (Trionyx) Granulated Soft Tortoises 

 (Kmyda, etc.) Habits of the Group The Plesiosaurs or Long-Necked Marine 

 Lizards (Order Sauropterygia), . . ... 2399 



CHAPTER IV. SCALED REPTILES LIZARDS AND CHAMELEONS, Order Squamata; 

 Suborders Latertilia and Rhiptoglossa. 



Characteristics of the Order Skull Ribs and Vertebrae Other Characteristics 

 Special Characteristics of Lizards (Suborder Lacertilid) Numbers and Distribu- 

 tion Habits The Geckoes (Geckonidce) Lobe-Footed Gecko (Ptyodactylus) 

 Turkish Gecko (Hemidactylus) Fringed Gecko Wall Gecko Habits of the 

 Group Eyelid Geckoes The Scale-Footed Lizards ( Pygopodidce) The Agamoid 

 Lizards (Agamidce) Flying Lizards (Draco) Oriental Tree Lizards (Calotes) 

 Ceylon Horned Lizards (Ceratophora) Typical Group (Agama) Armed Agama 



Spinose Agama Rough-Tailed Agama Australian Frilled Lizard (Chlamydo- 

 saurus) Sail-Tailed Lizard (Lophurus) Thorny-Tailed Lizards (Uromasti*) 

 Habits East African Thorny-Tailed Lizards (Aporoscelis) Moloch Lizard 

 (Moloch) The Iguanoid Lizards (Iguanidce) Anolis Lizards (Auolis) Allied 

 Genera Basilisks (Basiliscus) Ridge-Headed Lizards (Corythopkanes) Stilted 

 Lizards ( Uraniscodon) The Sea Lizard (Amblyrfiynchus) Galapagos Land Lizard 

 (Conolophus) True Iguanas (Iguana) Ring-Tailed Iguana (Cyclura) Extinct 

 Iguanas Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma) The Girdled Lizards (Zonuridee) 

 Girdle-Tailed Lizard (Zonurus) The Snake-like Lizards (Anguidce) Schelto- 

 pusiks (Ophisaurus) Blindworm (Angttis) The Poisonous Lizards (Heloder- 

 matida) The Monitors (Varanidce) Their Habits The Greaved Lizards 

 (7WiV/F) The Teju ( Tupinambis) The Ameivas (Ameiva) The Amphisbaenas 

 (Amphisbanida:) Handed Amphisbaena (Chirotes) Typical Amphisbaenas (Am- 

 ptisl><zna)The True Lizards (Lacertidtz) Pearly Lizard (Lacerta) Green 

 Lizard Sand Lizard Viviparous Lizard Wall Lizard Keeled Lizards (Algi- 

 roides) Fringe-Toed Lizards (A canthodactylus) The Skink Tribe (Scincida;) 

 Stump-Tailed Lizard ( Trackysaurus) Snake-Eyed Lizards (Ablepharus) True 

 Skinks (Scincus) Bronze Lizards ( Chalcides) Other Families (Anelytropidee and 

 Dibamida>)The Chamaeleons (Suborder Rhiptoglossa) Their Habits, . 2463 



CHAPTER V. SCALED REPTILES, continued. THE SNAKES Suborder Opkidia. 



Distinctive Characteristics and Structure Teeth Harmless and Poisonous Snakes- 

 Distribution Habits The Blind Snakes ( Typhlopodidce and Glauconitd<z)The 

 Pythons and Boas (Boidce) True Pythons (Python) Their Distribution and 

 Habits The Various Species Allied Genera (Loxocemus, Nardoa, etc.) Tree 



