CONTENTS 



REPTILES 



CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLASS EEPTILIA. 



DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REPTILES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES Diversity of Form and 

 Structure Skeleton Teeth Vertebrae Classification and Distribution, 



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

 Dinosauria, and Ornithosauria. 



Characteristics of Crocodiles Their Habits Existing Crocodiles (Crocodilidce) Caimans 

 (Caiman) Alligators (Alligator} Double-Tusked Alligators (Diplocynodon) 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) Garial (Garialis) 

 Extinct Garial The Earlier Crocodiles The Extinct Dinosaurs (Dinosauria) 

 Flying Dragons, or Pterodactyles (Ornithosauria), ..... 



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 (Testudinidce) Land-Tortoises (Testudo) Florida Tor- 

 toise Brazilian Tortoise Burmese Brown Tortoise Elegant Tortoise Giant Tor- 

 toises Aldabra Tortoise Mascarene Tortoises Galapagos Tortoises Grecian 

 Tortoise Other Species Angulated Tortoise Areolated Tortoise (Homopus) Hinged 

 Tortoises (Cinixys) Spider-Tortoise (Pyxis) Spinose Land-Terrapin (Geoemydd) 

 Chaibassa Terrapin (Nicoria) Hinged Terrapins (Cydemys) Box-Tortoises (Cistudo) 

 Pond-Tortoises (Emys) Terrapins Sculptured Terrapin (Clemmys) Thick-Necked 

 Terrapin (Bellia) Hamilton's Terrapin (Damonia) Soft- Water Terrapin (Malaco- 

 clemmys) Painted Terrapin (Chrysemys)Eyed and Chinese Terrapins (Morenia) 



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