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INDEX 



Lacertilia, 491 f. ; skeleton, 494 f. ; skill, 

 497 ; change of colour, 498 



Lac/iesis gramineus, 647 ; L. lanceolatus, 

 646, 647 



Land-tortoises, 364 * 



Lanthanotidae, 514, 541 f. 



Lanthaiwtus borneensis, 541 



Laosaurus, 427 



Lariosaurus, 473, 474 ; L. balsami, 477 



Larvae, of Ichthyophis, 91 ; ofHypogeophis, 

 92 ; of Amblystoma, 112 ; of Triton 

 loaltli, 131 



Latreille, on classification, 7, 8 



Laurenti, on classification, 7 



Leathery Turtle = Sphargis, 333 f., 334 



Lechriodonta, distribution of, 95 ; defined, 

 102 



Lepidobatrachus, 212, 218 



Lepidophyma, 547 



Lepospondylous, defined, 79 



Leptobrachium, 161 ; L. carinense, 166 



Leptodactylus, 212, 218 f.; L. albilabris, 

 219 ; L. mystacinus, 219 ; L. ocellatus, 

 219 ; L. typhonius, 219 f. 



Leptognathus, 624 



Leptophis, 618; L. liocerus, 6 IS, 619 



Leslie, on Xenopus, 146 



Leuckart, on classification, 8 



Leydig's duct, defined, 48, 49 



Lialis burtoni, 567 



Limbs, of Amphibia, 26, 27 ; Stegocephali, 

 79, 83 ; Eryops, 286 ; Microsauri, 

 289 ; Prosauri, 291 ; Sphenodon, 298 ; 

 Theromorpha, 302 ; Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 Chelonia, 320, 319, 320 ; Sphargis, 

 335 ; Chelonidae, 379 ; Dinosauria, 

 414 f., 418, 420 ; Compsognathus, 423 ; 

 Stegosanri, 426 f. ; Iguanodon, 428, 

 428 ; Eusuchia, 440 ; Plesiosauria, 

 475, 475 ; Lariosaurus, 477 ; Ichthyo- 

 sauria, 480 ; Pterosauria, 485, 485 ; 

 Lacertilia, 495 ; Geckones, 505 ; Cham- 

 eleons, 568 ; reduction of, in Lacertilia, 

 497 ; in Ophidia, 593, 594, 596 



Limnodynastes, 213, 222 ; spawning, 223 



Limnomedusa, 212 



Linnaeus, on classification, 7 



Liodon haumuriensis, 490 



Liolepis belli, 527 



Liopelma, 153 ; L. hochstetteri, 160 



Liophryne, 225, 227 



Liosaurus, 529 



Lissamphibia, 84 f. 



Lizard, Common English, 553 ; Emerald, 

 555 ; Eyed, 556, 556 ; Green, 555 ; 

 Sand, 554 ; Wall, 557 



Lizards, 491 f. 



Locality, sense of, in Tortoises, 368, 

 387 



Loggerhead Turtle, 387; individual 

 varieties of shields, 327, 388 



Longevity, of Testudo daudini, 376 ; T. 



</r<'ra, 369 ; T. ihcra, 369 ; T. wweirti, 



377 



Loxocemus bicolor, 598 

 Loxomma, 83 



Lucilia bufonivora, fiy infesting Bvfo, 176 

 Lungs, definition, 40 ; suppression of, 46 ; 



of Aglossa, 144 ; of Lacertilia, 499 

 Luth, or Leathery Turtle, 333 f., 334 

 Lycosaurus, 307 

 Lygosoma, distribution, 501 

 Lymph-spaces, in the cutis of Anura, 34 

 Lyriocephalus scutatus, 517, 518 

 Lytoloma, 336, 380 



Mabuia, 562 ; distribution, 501 ; eyelids. 

 494 ; M. vittatta, 562 



Macroclemmys, 326 ; M, temmincki, 340 f., 

 340 



Macroprotodon cucullatus, 624 



Macrorhynchidae, J^51 



Madagascar, Lacertilia of, 502 



Malacoclemmys terrapin, 359 f. ; com- 

 mercial breeding-farms, 360 



Malpighian, body, 49 ; stratum, 32 



Mammalian affinities of Theromorpha, 303, 

 309 



Manculus, 96, 103, 106; M. quad rid i<ji- 

 tatus, 106 



Mandible, composition of, in Crocodiles, 

 437; very Mammalian in Oomphoyna- 

 thus, 309 



Mantella, 274 



Mantophryne, 225, 227 



Maps showing geographical distribution, of 

 Coeciliidae, 89 ; Urodela, 95 ; Aglossa, 

 143 ; Cystignathidae, Discoglo.ssidae, 

 Pelobatidae, 161 ; Bufonidae, 167 ; 

 Hylidae, 185 ; Kanidae, 239 ; Chely- 

 didae, 332, 333 ; Chelydvidae, 332 ; 

 Cinosternidae, 332 ; Dermatemydidae, 

 332 ; Pelomedusidae, 332 ; Platyster- 

 nidae, 332 ; Trionychidae, 333 ; Croco- 

 dilia, 446 ; Geckonidae, 503 : Agamidae, 

 515 ; Anguidae, 529 ; Iguanidae, 529 : 

 Zonuridae, 529 ; Varanidae, 543 ; 

 Lacertidae, 552 ; Amphisbaeniilae, 565 ; 

 Chamaeleontes, 568 ; Snakes, danger- 

 ously poisonous, 585 ; Elapinae, 626 : 

 Crotalinae. 644 ; Viperinae, 638 



Marbled Newt, 126 



Marginal plates of Chelonia, 325, 322, 323 



Marginal shields, 326 



Marsh, on Axolotl, 115 



Marsh Crocodile, Jf65 



Marshall, on distribution of Uropeltidae, 

 595 



Mascarene Islands, tortoises of, 373 f. 



Mason, on habits of Calotes, 519 ; on 

 Python legends, 599 ; on Varamis, 544 



Mastodonsaurus, 83 



M&tnmatn = ChelusJimbnata, 400, 401 



Mauritius, gigantic tortoises, 373 f., 376 



