INDEX 



655 



Coccyx, s. Os coccygeum, of Anura, 20, 21, 



22 



Coecilia, 89 



Coeciliidae, 89 f. ; distribution of, 89 

 Coelopeltis, 624 ; V. monspessulana s. 



lacertina, 624 



Goelurus, 415 ; C. gracilis, 423 

 Colombo, gigantic tortoise of, 377 

 Coloration, warning colours of Amphibia, 



38, 156 ; protective, of Amphibia, 191, 



238, 252 ; of deserticolous reptiles, 494 

 Colosthetus, 238, 2Jfi 

 Colour, changes of, in Anura, 35 ; in 



Galotes, 518, 519, 520 ; in Geckos, 509 ; 



in Lacertilia, 498 ; mechanism of chang- 

 ing, in Chameleons, 570, 571 

 Coluber, 615 f.; G. aesculapii=flavescens = 



longissimus, 616 f. ; C. leopardinus, 616 ; 



O. (Rhinechis) scalaris, 617 

 Colubridae, 593, 606 f. 

 Colubrinae, 607 f. . 

 Columella cranii, 496, 550, 551 

 Columellar auditory chain, of Amphibia, 



4 ; of Anura, 29 ; of Crocodiles, 446 ; 



of Lizards, 496 



Comoro Islands, Tortoises of, 373 

 Gompsognathus, J^lo, 416, 417; G. longipes, 



423, 425 

 Condyle, occipital, of Theromorpha, 302 ; 



exaggerated importance of its character, 



285 



Gon&lophus subcristatus, 532 

 Conns arteriosus, continuation of the heart 



beyond the ventricles so far as it con- 

 tains valves, 6 

 Cope, on classification of Amphibia, 9 ; of 



Anura, 140, 141 ; on Siren, 136 ; on 



hand - skeleton of Eryops, 286 ; on 



Sphargis, 336 ; classification of Lacertae, 



513 ; classification of Snakes, 592 

 Gophophryne, 167, 168 

 Cophyla, 236 

 Copper-head, 646, 646 

 Copulatory organs, of Lacertilia, 499 ; 



absent in Sphenodon, 294 ; of Chelonia, 



330 ; of Snakes, 585 

 Coqui, 214 

 Coronella, 619 ; C. austriaca s. laevis, 619, 



620 ; C. girondica, 621 

 Gornufer, 241, 243 ; G. corrugatus, 244 ; 



C. johnstoni, 243 ; G. solomonis, 244 > 



G. unicolor, 244 

 Gorythomantis, 189, 207 ; C. greeningi, 



207 



Costal plates of Chelonia, 324 f., 322, 323 

 Craspedocephalus, 647 

 Crested Newt, 125, 125 

 Cricotus, 285, 285 ; G. heteroditus, 287 

 Grinia, 213 ; spawning, 223 

 Crocodilia, 431 f. ; skeleton, 434 f. ; 



skull, 280, 434 f. ; atlas and axis, 283, 



431, 439 : affinities, 432 ; teeth, 437 ; 



skin, 442 ; dermal armour, 442 ; skin 

 glands, 443 ; tongue, 443 ; respiratory 

 organs,444 ; "diaphragm," 444 ; digestive 

 organs, 444 ; cloaca, 445 ; heart, 445 ; 

 ear, 445 ; eye, 446 ; geographical dis- 

 tribution, 446, 446 ; voice, 447 ; habits, 

 447 ; propagation, 447 ; classification, 

 448 



Crocodilidae, 454 



Grocodilus, 450, 454 f. ; teeth, 437 ; skin 

 glands, 443 ; G. acutus, 446, 449 ; G. 

 americanus, J+66 ; skull, 466 ; O. 

 biporcatus=porosus, 458; rate of growth, 

 459 ; C. cataphractus, 4@5 >' G. inter- 

 medius, 466; C. johnstoni, 466 ; G. 

 tiiloticus vulgaris, 460 f., 449, 461 ; 

 habits, 462 f. ; G. palustris, 449, 454 ; 

 skull, 455 ; C.porosus, 458; skull, 458 ; 

 G. vulgaris, 449, 460 f. 



Crotalinae, 644 



Grotalus, 648; rattle of, 644; G. ada- 

 manteus, 649, 650 ; G. confluentus, 649, 

 650; G. durissus, 648, 649, 650; G. 

 horridus, 649 ; O. terriftcus, 650 



Gryptobranchus, 84, 96, 99 ; fossil, 84 ; 

 G. alleghaniensis, 97 ; G. japonicus, 98, 

 99 



Gryptoclidus, shoulder-girdle, 474, 475, 

 478 



Cryptodira, 313, 338 



Gryptopsophis, 89 ; G. multiplicatus, 92 



Gryptotis, 213 



Cutis, of Amphibia, 33 f. 



Gyamodus, 311 



Cyclanorbis, 411 i nuchal plate, 324 



Cycloderma, 4H 



Cyclodus s. Tiliqua, 561 ; G. gigas, 561, 

 562 



Cyclorhamphus, 212 



Gynognathus, 301, 302, 303 ; (7. berryi, 

 307; C. crateronotus, 306 ; C.platyceps, 

 307 



Cystignathidae, 139, 209 f. ; distribution, 

 161 



Cystignathinae, 139, 211 f. 



Gystignathus-Leptodactylus, 210, 218 



Dab= Uromastix, 526, 526 



Daboia, 643 



Dactylethra ; see Xenopus, 146 f. 



Darwin, on Gonolophus, 532 n. ; on 



tortoises of Galapagos Islands, 377 

 Dasypeltis scabra, 622, 622 ; dentition, 



593 n. 



Davison, on breeding of Ampliiuma, 101 

 Dawsonia, 289 

 Death Adder, 635 

 Denburgh, van, on Autodax, 107 

 Dendrobates, 272 ; D. braccatus, 273; D. 



tinctorius, 272, 273 ; D. trivittatus, 273; 



D. typographies, 273 ; various uses of 



its poison, 38 



