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INDEX 



Geikia, 310 



Genital organs, of Amphibia, 48 f., 49 



Genyophryne, 236 ; G. thomsoni, 236 



Genyophrynidae, 141 



Genyophryninae, 139, 236 



Geographical distribution, principles of, 

 69 f. ; regions and sub-regions, 74 f. 

 (for details see also Maps) ; of Apoda, 

 89 ; of Urodela, 95, 96 ; of Anura, 143, 

 161, 167, 185, 239 ; of Chelonia, 331 f., 

 332, 333; of Crocodilia, 446; of 

 Lacertilia, 500 f., 515, 529, 543, 552, 

 565, 568 ; of Snakes, 585 



Geonwlge, 96 



Geosaurus, Jfil 



Geotriton, 97 



Geotrypetes, 89 



Gerrhonotus, 538 ; G. coeruleus, 538 



Gerrhosauridae, 514, 559 



Gerrhosaums flavigularis, ,559 



Gharial, 452 ; see also Gavialis 



Gigantic Tortoises, 372 f. 



Gila Monster, 541 



Gills, definition, 40 ; development of, 41, 

 43 ; retention of, 40 ; external and 

 internal, 43 f. ; operculum of, 44 ; of 

 Nototrema, 203 



Gill-clefts, 42 ; of Urodela, 42 ; of Anura, 

 42 



Girtanner, on musical appreciation of tor- 

 toises, 368 



Glass-Snake, 538 



Glauconia, 594 



Glauconiidae, 592, 594 



Glyphoglossus, 225, 226, 228, 233; G. 

 molossus, 233 



Goeldi, on Hyla faber, 197 ; on habits of 

 Podocnemis expansa, 397 f. 



Gomplwgnathus, 308, 309 



Gondwanosaurus, 83 



Gongylus, 562 



Goniopholidae, 45% 



Goniopholis, 448, 453 ; G. crassulens, 453 ; 

 G. simus, 453 



Gordonia, 301, 303, 310 ; skull, 280 



Grass-Frog, 251 f., 255 



Grass-Snake, 608 f. 



Greek Tortoise, 365 f. 



Green Lizard, 555 



Green Toad, 180 



Green, or Edible, Turtle, 381 f. 



Groenberg, on Pipa, 149 



Growth, rate of, in Testudo ibera, 370 ; 

 Chrysemys picta, 349 ; Emys orbicularis, 

 351, 355 



Gular shields of Chelonia, 315 



Gundlach, on Leptodactylus, 219 



Giinther, 140 ; on gigantic Tortoises, 374 ; 

 on classification of Snakes, 592 



Gutzeit, on horny teeth of Tadpoles, 58 



Gymnodactylus, tail, 506, 512, 512 ; <U- 

 serticolous, 493 



Gymuophioua, 84 f- 



Gymnophis, 90 



Gymnophthalmus, aberrant scaling, 495 



Haast, on habits of Sphenodon, 299 



Hadrosaurus mirabilis, 429 



Haeckel, on classification, 9 



Hallopus victor, 423 



Hamadryad, 632 



Hand-skeleton, excalation of second finger 

 in Eryops, 286 



Haptoglossa, 96 



Hardun = Agama stellio, 521 



Hatteria see Sphenodon, 293 f. 



Hawksbill-Turtle, 384 f. 



Hay, on Sphargis, 337 



Hearing of Chelonia, 330 



Heart, modification of, in lungless Am- 

 phibia, 47 



Hedonic glands (ydovf), lust), 443 



Heleioporus, 213, 222 ; H. albopunctatus, 

 223 ; H. pictns, 222 



Helix virgata, eaten by Hyla coerulea, 

 200 



Heloderma horridum, 540 ; H. suspectum, 

 540, 541 



Helodermatidae, 513, 540 f. 



Hemidactylus turcicns, 508, 508 



Hemiphractiuae, 139, 210 f. 



Hemiphractus, 210 



Hemisus, 225, 226, 228, 232; shoulder- 

 girdle, 25; H, guttatvm, ,13,1; H. 

 sudanense, 232 



Hensel, on Bufo marinus, 179 ; on tadpoles 

 of T/wropa, 209 ; on nest-building of 

 Leptodactylus, 219 



Herodotus, on Crocodiles, 462 



Herpele, 90 



Herpeses griseus (Mongoos), 629 



Hibernation, temperature of blood during, 

 68 ; of Tortoises, 347, 349, 354, 358, 

 360, 363, 365, 369, 376 ; of Crocodiles, 

 447 



Hinckley, on tadpoles of Hyla versicolor, 

 195 



Hind-limbs, of Urodela, 15 ; of Anura, 

 27 ; of Prosauria, 289 ; of Theromorpha, 

 302, 305 ; of Chelonia, 321 ; of Dino- 

 sauria, 414, 423, 425, 427, 429 ; of 

 Crocodilia, 440 ; of Plesiosauria, 476 ; of 

 Ichthyosauria, 480 ; of Pterosauria, 486 ; 

 of Lacertilia, 497 ; of Ophidia, 593, 594, 

 596 



Hipistes hydrinus, 625 



Holbrook, on the Black Snake, 613; on 

 habits of Alligator, 470 f. 



Holoblastic eggs ; the whole mass of the 

 egg undergoes the process of cleavage, 

 53 



Homalopsinae, 625 



Ifomalopsis buccata, 625 



Homing of turtles, instances of, 386 



