INDEX 



Amphiumidae, 94, 97 



Amphodus, 210; A. wucheri, 211 



Anaconda, 603, 603 



Anaides = Autodax (q.v.), 107 



Anal sacs of Chelonia, used as additional 

 respiratory organs, 330 



A narosaurus pumilio, Iff 7 



Anchisaurus, 415, 417, 421; skull of A. 

 coelurus, 421 



Ancistrodon, 645 ; A. contortrix, 646, 646 ; 

 A . halys, 645 ; A . himalayanus, 640 ; 

 A. piscivorus, 645, 645 



Anderson, on nest of Gavialis, 452 



Andrews, on Airiblystoma, 110 



Andrias scheuchzeri, 84 



Anelytropidae, 514, 564 



Anelytropsis papillo&us, 564 



Anguidae, 513, 537 f. ; distribution, 501, 

 529 



Anguis fragilis, 539, 539 



Aniella pulchra, 564 



Aniellidae, 514, 564 



Annandale, on habits of Calotes, 518 ; of 

 Liolepis, 527 ; of Rhacophorus, 247 ; of 

 Varanus salvator, 544 



Anodonta, as food of Trionyx, 407 



Anodontohyla, 236 



Anolis, 528 ; A. carolinensis, 529 



Anomodoutia, 309 



Auura, 7 ; characters, 138 ; classification, 

 139 f., 141 ; phylogenetic tree of, 142 



Anus; asymmetrical position of, 60 



Apoda, 84 f. ; affinities, 88 ; distribution, 

 89 ; eyes, 86 ; skin, 87 ; skull, 84, 85 ; 

 spermatozoa, 87 ; tentacular apparatus, 

 88 ; vertebrae, 86 ; visceral arches, 86 



Archaeopteryx, 417 



Arckegosaurus, vertebrae, 13, 82, 287 



Arcifera, of Cope, 140 ; of Boulenger, 140 



Arciferous, type of shoulder-girdle, 24, 25 



Arion, slug, eaten by tortoises, 363 



Arrau-turtle (Podocnemis), 391 f. 



Arteria cutanea magna, 144 ; A. sacralis 

 of An lira, 144 



Arthroleptis, 241, 242 ; A. seycheUensis, 

 243, 243 



Ascaphus, 153 



Asterophrys, 161 



Athecae, 333, definition of name, 337 



Atlantosaurus, 415, 419 ; A. immanis, 

 419, 420 



Atlas and Axis, i.e. first and second 

 cervical vertebrae ; of Cryptobranchus, 

 13 ; of Crocodilia, 283 ; of Chelonia, 

 283, 316 ; of Sphenodon, 283, 294 ; 

 atlas fused with axis, 307 



Atoposauridae, 453 



Atractaspis, 638 ; dentition, 593 n. 



Atria, the thin-walled receptive parts (au- 

 ricles) of the heart 



Auditory columellar apparatus, of Am- 

 phibia, 24 ; of Anura, 29 



Australian, Anura, spawning time and 

 habits of, 201 ; Lacertilia, 502 



Autodax, 96, 104, 107 ; A.lugubris, 107 ; 

 A. iecamis, 107 



Autosauri, 491 f. 



Axis ; see Atlas 



Axolotl, 65, 112 f., 112 ; Neoteny of, 65, 

 112 



Azemiops feae, 638 



Balancers of Amphibia, 45 



Baptanodon, 483, 484 



Barfurth, on absorption of Tadpole's tail, 



61 

 Bartlett, on Boa constrictor, 602 ; on Pipa, 



152 

 Basiliscus, 528, 530 ; B. americanus, 530, 



530 



Bates, on habits of Podocnemis, 392 f. 

 Batrachomyia. fly infesting Bufonidae, 177 

 Batrachophrynus, 224; ^ macrostomus, 



225 ; B. brachydactylus, 224 

 Batrachopsis, 161 

 Batrachoseps, 96, 104 

 Batrachylodes, 241 

 Batrachyperus, 96 ; B. sinensis, 109 

 Baur, on Sphargis, 336 

 Bdellophis, 90 

 Bedriaga, on Axolotl, 114 ; synopsis of 



Urodelous Larvae, 59 n. 

 Bell, J., on classification, 8 

 Bell, Napier, on habits of Iguana, 531 

 Belodon, 305, 434, 448 

 Bemmelen, on Sphargis, 336 

 Berg, on Spelerpes fuscus, 106 

 Bert, quoted, 571 n. 

 Bidder's organ, 49, 52 

 Biedermann, on change of colour in Hyla, 



35 



Birds not related to Dinosaurs, 416 f. 

 Bitis arietans, 639, 639 ; B. nasicornis, 



640 

 Black Snake, of Australia, 684 ; of North 



America, 613 



Blainville, de, on classification, 7 

 Blanus cinereus, 566 



Blood, shape of red corpuscles, 4 ; tem- 

 perature, 67 f. 



Blood-sucker = Calotes ophiomachus, 519 

 Blum, quoted, 642 n. 

 Boa, 602 ; B. constrictor, 602 ; B. dwnerili, 



602 ; B. madagascariensis, 602 

 Boettger, on influence of climate and country 



upon reptiles, 492 f. 

 Boidae, 592, 596 f. ; skull, 596, 597 

 Boinae, 601 f. 

 Bombinator, 154 f> 155 ; habits, 156 f. ; 



tadpoles, 157 ; abnormal vertebrae, 22 ; 



shoulder-girdle, 25 ; urine-genital organs, 



49 ; B. igneus, 154, 155 ; B. pachypus, 



155 

 Bothrops, 647 



