INDEX 



653 



Boulenger, classification of Amphibia Cau- 

 data, 9 ; on vertebrae of Pelobates, 20 ; 

 on vertebrae of Bombinator, 22 ; number 

 of phalanges in Anura, 27 ; on poison of 

 Amphibia 36 ; on vocal sacs, 48 ; on 

 modes of fecundation and nursing habits, 

 54, 56 ; synopsis of Tadpoles,59 n. ; on 

 tadpoles of Rana opisthodon, 260 ; on 

 classification of Anura, 140, 141 ; on 

 Pipa,l52 ; on Scaphiopus solitarius,165 ; 

 on Alligator sinensis, 471 ; on Lanth- 

 anotus, 542 ; on aberrant scaling, 495 ; 

 on Heloderma, 540 n. ; on classification 

 of Snakes, 592 ; on Sea-Snakes, 637 ; on 

 Sphargis, 336 



Boulengemda, 90 



Box-Tortoises, 362, 364, 365 



Brachial plexus, of Anura, 39 



Brachycephalus, 226, 227 ; B. ephippium, 

 231 



Brachylophus, distribution, 501, 528 



Brain, of Scaphognathus, 485 ; small size 

 of, in Dinosaurs, 425 



Branchial arches, of Urodela, 16 ; of Anura, 

 42 



Branchiosauri, SO 



Branchiosaurus, skull, 80 ; B. salamand- 

 roides, 80 



Brauer, on development of Apoda, 92 ; on 

 nursing habits of Arthroleptis, 243 



Breeding of Axolotl, 113 



Breviceps, shoulder-girdle, 25, 225, 226, 

 227, 232 ; B. mossambicus, 232 



Brithopus, 308 



Brongniart, on classification, 7 



Brontosaurus, 415, %18 ; B. excelsus, 418 



Brontozoum, 415, 417; B. giganteum, 420 



Brood-pouches, of Anura, 151, 248 ; of 

 Hyla goeldii, 198 ; of Nototrema, 202 ; 

 of Rhinoderma, 228 



Brookesia, 580 



Brown Adder, 634 



Brown Frog, Common, 251 f., 255 



Briicke, quoted, 571 



Buchholz, on Chiromantis, 244. f. 



Budgett, on breeding habits of Phyllo- 

 medusa, 204 ; on Paludicola, 220 ; on 

 Lepidobatrachus, 218 ; quick develop- 

 ment of Phryniscus, 231 ; on Bufo 

 marinus, 179 



Bufo, sacral vertebra, 22 ; shoulder-girdle, 

 25 ; urino-genital organs, 49 ; develop- 

 ment of adhesive apparatus, 57 ; B. agua, 

 178 ; B. americanus, 178 ; B. calamita, 

 181 f. ; B. ceratophrys, 179 ; B. empusus 

 and B. peltocephalus, dermal ossifica- 

 tions, 179 ; B. jerboa, 166 ; B. lenti- 

 ginosus, 178, 179 ; map of distribution, 

 167, 168, 169 f. ; B. marinus, 178 ; B. 

 mauritanica s. pantherina, 184; B. 

 melanostictus, 177, 179; B. quercinus, 

 178; B. variabilis = viridis, 180; B. 



viridis, 180 f., 493 ; B. vulgaris, 170 f., 

 172 ; large-sized specimens, 171 ; im- 

 mured in buildings, 174 ; diseases, 176 ; 

 distribution, 177 



Bufonidae, 139, 166 f. ; distribution, 167 ; 

 affinities, 166 



Bufoniformes, 139 



Bullfrog, of America, Rana catesbiana, 

 261 ; of India, Callula pulchra, 234 ; 

 Rana tigrina, 261 



Bungarus coeruleus s. candidus, 633 ; B. 

 fasciatus, 633 



Butler, on fat-bodies, 500 



Cabrita, 551 



Cacopus, shoulder - girdle, 25, 225, 226, 

 928 



Cacosternum, 225, 227 



Caiman, 450, 411 ; vomer, 435 ; C. niger, 

 471, 472; C. palpebrosus, 471; C. 

 sclerops, 471 ; 0. trigonatus, 471, 472 



Calcareous deposits in the skin of Am- 

 phibia, 31, 34 



Calliphora silvatica, fly infesting Bufo, 

 176 



Callophis macclellandi, 634 



Calluella, 235, 236 



Callula, 226, 228, 234; C. pulchra, habits 

 of, 234 f. 



Callulops, 225, 228 



Calophrynus, 225, 227 



Calotes, 517 ; C. emma, 518 ; C. mystaceus, 

 519; C. ophiomachus, 519; C. versi- 

 color, 518 



Calyptocephalus, 179, 212, 215 



Camptosaurus, 426 



Capitosaurus, 83 



Carapace, 321 f., 319, 320, 322, 323; 

 posterior portion movable in Cinyxis, 

 364, 365 ; carapace of tortoises, evolu- 

 tion of, 337 ; composition of, 324 f. ; 

 reduction of component elements, 325 ; 

 reduction in thickness, 373 ; correlative 

 changes, 328 ; of Sphargis, 335 f. ; of 

 Chelone, 379 ; of Testudo, 322 ; of Pleu- 

 rodira, 389 ; reduction in Trionychidae, 

 325 ; fenestration, 325 ; with hinge in 

 Cinyxis, 364, 365 



Cardioglossa, 274 



Carettochelydidae, 313, 314 



Carettochelys, 337, 389, 390 ; C. insculpta, 

 404 ; absence of horny shields, 325 



Carpet Snake, 598, 599 



Carpus (see also Limbs), of Eryops, 286 ; 

 of Sphenodon, 294 ; of Chelonia, 320, 

 320 ; of Eusuchia, 440 



Casarea, 603 



Case, on Sphargis, 336 



Cassina, 240 



Causus, 638 ; C. rhombeatus, 639 



Centrolene geckoideum, 211 



Cerastes cornutus, 640, 641 



