CONTENTS 



REPTILES 



CHAPTER I. — General Characteristics of the Class Eeptilia. 



Differences between Reptiles and other Vertebrates — Diversity of Form and 

 Structure— Skeleton — Teeth — Vertebrae — Classification and Distribution, 



CHAPTER II. — Crocodiles, Dinosaurs, and Flying Dragons, — Orders Crocodilia, 

 Dinosauria, and Ornithosauria. 



Characteristics of Crocodiles — Their Habits — Existing Crocodiles (Crocodilida?) — Caimans 

 (Caiman) — Alligators (Alligator) — Double-Tusked Alligators (Diplocynodon) — Stumpy 

 Crocodile (Osteolcemus) — True Crocodiles (Crocodilus) — Indian Crocodile — Estuarine 

 Crocodile — Nile Crocodile — Siam Crocodile — Sharp - Nosed Crocodile - — Orinoco 

 Crocodile — Long-Nosed Crocodile — Schlegel's Garial (Rhynchosuchus) — Garial (Garialis) 

 — Extinct Garial — The Earlier Crocodiles — The Extinct Dinosaurs (Dinosauria) — 

 Flying Dragons, or Pterodactyles (Ornithosauria), ..... 



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CHAPTER III. — Tortoises, Turtles, and Plesiosaurs,- 



and Sauropterygia. 



-Orders Chelonia 



Characteristics of Tortoises and Turtles (Chelonia) — Their Habits and Distribution — The 

 Land-Tortoises and Terrapins (Testudinidca) — Land-Tortoises (Testudo) — Florida Tor- 

 toise — Brazilian Tortoise — Burmese Brown Tortoise — Elegant Tortoise — Giant Tor- 

 toises — Aldabra Tortoise — Mascarene Tortoises — Galapagos Tortoises — Grecian 

 Tortoise — Other Species — Angulated Tortoise — Areolated Tortoise (Homopus) — Hinged 

 Tortoises (Ciuixys) — Spider-Tortoise (Pyxis) — Spinose Land-Terrapin (Geoemyda) — 

 Chaibassa Terrapin (Nicoria) — Hinged Terrapins (Cyclemys) — Box-Tortoises (Cistudo) 

 — Pond-Tortoises (Emys)— Terrapins — Sculptured Terrapin (Clemmys) — Thick-Necked 

 Terrapin (Bellia)— Hamilton's Terrapin (T)amonia) — Soft- Water Terrapin (Malaco- 

 clemmys) —Painted Terrapin (Chrysemys)— Eyed and Chinese Terrapins (Morenia) — 



