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INDEX 



250 ; R. afghana, 250 ; R. agilis, 257 ; 



R. albolabris, 250 ; R. alticola, 250 ; R. 



aroalis, 257 ; R. catesbiana, 261; R. 



chalconota, 250 ; R. chloronota, 250 ; R. 



damata, 262, 263 ; R. corrugata, 250 ; 



JR. curves, 250 ; R. cyanophlyctis, 250 ; 



R. degam, 250 ; R. erythraea, 250 ; R. 



esculenta, "263 ; mechanism of tongue, 



268 ; vocal sacs, 269 ; var. chinensis, 



267 ; var. hssonae, 265 ; var. ridibunda, 



264; var. typica, 265 ; R. fontinalis, 



262 ; R. gkindulosa, 250 ; R. gracilis, 



261 ; JR. graeca, 259 ; R. guppyi, 261 ; 



R. halecina, 263 ; R. hexadactyla, 250 ; 



R. iberica, 258; R. latastei, 259; R. 



liebigi, 250 ; 7?. tnascareniensis, 250 ; R. 



montezumae, 250 ; R. micgiens, 261 ; R. 



opisthodon, 260 ; R. oxyrhynchus, 250 ; 



R. rugosa, 250 ; R. silvatica, 259 ; R. 



temporalis, 250 ; R. temporaries, 251 f., 



255 ; R. tigrina, 261 

 Ranidae, 139, 237 f. 

 Ranidens, 96 ; R. sibiricus, 109 

 Raniformes, 139, 140 

 Raninae, 139, 237, 238 f. ; distribution, 



239 



Rappia, 241 

 Rat Snake, 611, 612 

 Rattle of Rattle-Snake, 644 

 Rattle-Snake, 648 f., 648, 650 

 Reduction of limbs, in Urodela, 16 ; in 



Lacertilia, 497 

 Regeneration, in Amphibia, 66 f. ; of tail in 



Sphenodon, 298 ; of shell in Chelonia, 



329 ; of horny shields in Chelonia, 329, 



386 : of tail in Lacertilia, 495 ; of tail 



in Geckos, 506 

 Regions, geographical, 74 f. 

 Reproduction of Tortoise-shell, 386 

 Reptilia, defined, 277 ; principal characters 



of, 278 ; classification of, 279 ; diagram 



of affinities of principal groups, 282 ; 



affinities to Mammalia, 303, 309 . 

 Respiration, mode of, in Chelonia, 331 ; 



assisted by anal sacs, 330 

 Respiratory organs, of Amphibia, 40 

 Rhachiodontinae, ', .' .' 

 Rhacophorus, 151, 186, 238, 241, 244, 



246 ; Rh. leucomystax, 247 ; tadpoles, 



249 ; Rh. maculaius, nesting, 248 ; Rh. 



madagascariensis, 245; Rh. maximum, 



245 ; Rh. pardalis, 246, 246 ; Rh. 



reinwardti, 247 ; Rh. reticulatus, 248 ; 



Rh. schlegeli, nesting, 248 

 Rhampholeon spectrum, 580 

 Rho.mphorhynchus longicaudatus, 486 ; 



Rh. phyllurus, 486 ; Rh. muensteri, 



487 



Rhamphosuchus crassidens, 453 

 Rhinatrema, 89 

 Rhinemys, 389, 399 

 Rhinochelys, 390 



Rhinoderma, 226, ~^7, 22S ; Rh. 



Rhinophis, 91 ; Rh. saiif/id'neus, 596 



Rhinophrynus, 166, 168; Rh. dvfsafis, 

 185, 227 



Rhinophrys, 167 



Rhombophryne, 225, 237 



Rhynchocephali, 292 



Rliynchosaurus, ,1',> 1 



Rhytidosteus, 83 



Ribs, of Urodela, 14 ; of Anura, 21 ; of 

 Microsauri, 288 ; of Sphenodon, 297 ; 

 of Theromorpha, 302 ; of Cynognathus, 

 307 ; of Microgomphodon, 309 ; of 

 Chelonia, 315, 320, 324 ; of Dinosauria, 

 413 ; of Crocodilia, 438 ; of Parasuclna, 

 434 ; of Eusuchia, 439 ; of Lacertilia, 

 495 ; of Geckoues, 504 ; much elongated 

 in certain Iguanidae, 529 ; meeting 

 ventrally in Chameleons, 568 



Ridewood, on hyoid apparatus of Anura, 

 31 



Ringhals, 632, 633 



Ritter and Miller, on Autodax, 107 



Robinson, on peculiar use of Varanus, 546 



Rodriguez, gigantic tortoises, 374 



Rostral bone of Ceratopsia, 430 



Round Island snake, 603 



Sacral vertebrae of Anura, 21, 22 

 Salamandra, 115 f. ; trunk-vertebra, 14 ; 



skull, 17 ; lower jaw, 17 ; distribution, 



96, 115 f. ; 8. atra, 119 f. ; S. caucasica, 



121 ; S. maculosa, 115 f. 

 Salamandrella, 96, 109; S. keyserlinyi, 



109 ; S. schrenki, egg-sac, 110 

 Salamandridae, 94, 102 

 Salamandrina, 96, 115 ; S. perspicillata, 



122 ; skull, 17 

 Salamandrinae, 102, 115 

 Sarasin, P. and F., 10 ; on Coeciliae, 88 ; 



on Ichthyophis, 90 

 Sauria, 491 f. 



Saurichnites salamandroides, 83 

 Sauropoda, 41S 

 Sauropsida, 5, 277 

 Sauropterygia, 476 

 Saurostenmm, 291 

 Scales of Apoda, 87 

 Scaling, aberrant, 495 

 Scaphiophryne, 225, 226, 227 

 Scaphiopus, 161, 164; S. solitarius, 165 

 Scapteira, deserticolous, 494 

 Scapula, attached to thoracic vertebrae, 



487 



Scelidosaurus, 416 ; S. Jiarrisoni, 4^5 

 Scheuchzer, on Homo diluvii testis, 84 

 Schlegel, on Cryptobranchus, 100 

 Schuberg, on mechanism of finger-discs of 



Hylidae, 187 



Schwalbe, on Salamandra atra, 120 

 Scincidae, 514, 559 f. 



