vi CONTENTS 



Batagurs (Cachuga, etc.) Big-Headed Tortoise (Platysternidce) Mud-Terrapins and 

 their Allies (Cinosternidce and Dermatemydidce) Maw's Terrapin (Dermatemys) The 

 Snappers and Alligator - Terrapins (Chelydridce) Alligator - Terrapin (Chelydra) 

 Tcmminck's Snapper (Macrodemmys) The Turtles (Chelonidce) Green and Hawks- 

 bill Turtles (Chelo ne) Loggerhead Turtle (Thalassochelys) Habits of Turtles Tor- 

 toise-ShellExtinct Turtles Leathery Turtles (Dermochelyidce)The Side-Necked 

 Tortoises (Chelyidm and Pelomedusidce) Matamata Tortoise (Chelys) Snake-Necked 

 Tortoises (Hydromedusa) Australian Long-Necked Tortoises (Chelodina) Other 

 Genera Greaved Tortoises (Podocnemis) Allied Genera Fly River Turtle (Caretto- 

 chelyidce) Australian Horned Tortoises (Miolaniidce) Extinct European Genera 

 Generalised Chelonians (Pleurosternum, etc.) The Soft- Tortoises (Trionychidce) 

 Typical Genus (Trionyx) Granulated Soft-Tortoises (Emyda, etc.) Habits of the 

 Group The Plesiosaurs, or Long-Necked Marine Lizards (Order Sauropterygia), 



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

 Suborders, Lacertilia and Ehiptoglossa. 



Characteristics of the Order Skull Ribs and Vertebrae Other Characters Special Charac- 

 ters of Lizards (Suborder Lacertilia) Numbers and Distribution Habits The Geckos 

 (Geckonidce) Lobe-Footed Gecko (Ptyodactylus) Turkish Gecko (Hemidactylus) 

 Fringed Gecko Wall-Gecko Habits of the Group Eyelid Geckos 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 (Chlamydosaurus) Sail-Tailed Lizard (Lophurus) Thorny-Tailed Lizards 

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

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

 Basilisks (Basiliscus) Ridge-Headed Lizards (Corythophanes) Stilted Lizards (Uranis- 

 codon) The Sea-Lizard (Amblyrkynchus) Galapagos Land-Lizard (Conolophus) True 

 Iguanas (Iguana) Ring- Tailed Iguana (Cyclura) Extinct Iguanas Horned Lizards 

 (Phrynosoma) The Girdled Lizards (Zonuridce) Girdle-Tailed Lizard (Zonurus) The 

 Snake-Like Lizards (Anguidce) Scheltopusiks (Ophisaurus) Blind-Worm (Anguis) 

 The Poisonous Lizards (Helodermatidce) The Monitors (Varanidce) Their Habits 

 The Greaved Lizards (Teiidce) The Teju (Tupinambis) The Ameivas (Ameiva) The 

 Amphisb8enas(.4 mphisbcenidce) Handed Amphisbsena (Chirotes) Typical Amphisbsenas 

 (Amphisbcena) The True Lizards (Lacertidce) Pearly Lizard (Lacertd) Green Lizard 

 Sand-Lizard Viviparous Lizard Wall- Lizard Keeled Lizards (Algiroides) Fringe- 

 Toed Lizards (Acanthodactylus)The Skink Tribe (Scincidce) Stump-Tailed Lizard 

 (Trachysaurus) Snake-Eyed Lizards (Ablepharus) True Skinks (Scincus) Bronze 

 Lizards (Chalcides) Other Families (Anelytropidce and Dibamidce) The Chameleons 

 (Suborder Ehiptoglossa) Their Habits, ....... 



CHAPTER V. SCALED REPTILES, continued. THE SXAKES Suborder Ophidia. 



Distinctive Characters and Structure Teeth Harmless and Poisonous Snakes Distribution 

 Habits The Blind Snakes (Typhlopodidce and Glauconiidce) The Pythons and Boas 

 (Boidce) True Pythons (Python) Their Distribution and Habits The Various Species 

 Allied Genera (Loxocemus, Nardoa, etc.) Tree-Boas (Epicrates) Dog-Headed Tree- 

 Boa (Corallus) Keeled Tree-Boas (Enygrus) Anaconda (Euneces) True Boas (Boa) 

 Keel-Scaled Boa (Casarea) Sand-Snakes (Eryx) Allied Genera (Lichanura, etc.) 

 Extinct Python-Like Snakes (Palceophis) The Cylinder-Snakes (Ilysiidce) Coral 

 Cylinder-Snake (Ili/sia) Red Snake (Cylindrophis)T\ie Shield-Tails (Uropeltidce) 

 The Colubrine Snakes (Colubridce) Wart-Snakes (A crochordus) Water - Snakes 

 (Tropidonotus) Ringed Snake Tesselated and Viperine Snakes Oblique-Eyed Snakes 

 (Helicops) Pigmy Snakes (Calamaria) Sling-Snakes (Coronella) Fierce Snakes 

 (Zamenis) Horseshoe Snake Rat-Snake Running Snakes (Ptyas) Climbing Snakes 



