CONTENTS 



REPTILES 



CHAPTER I. — General Characteristics op the Class Reptilia. 



Differences between Reptiles and other Vertebrates — Diversity of Form and 

 Structure — Skeleton— Teeth — Vertebra; — Classification and Distribution, 



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

 Dinosauria, and Ornithosauria. 



Characteristics of Crocodiles — Their Habits — Existing Crocodiles (Crocodilidcr) — Caimans 

 (Caiman) — Alligators (A lligator) — 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 (Rhynehosuchus) — Garial (Garialis) 

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

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



CHAPTER III. — Tortoises, Turtles, and Plesiosaurs, — Orders Chelonia 



and Sauropterygia. 



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

 Land-Tortoises and Terrapins (Testudinidaz) — 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 (Cinixys)— Spider-Tortoise (Pyxis)— Spinose Land-Terrapin (Geoemyda)— 

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

 —Pond-Tortoises (Efn/ys)— Terrapins — Sculptured Terrapin (Clernmys) -Thick-Necked 

 Terrapin (Bellia)— Hamilton's Terrapin (Damonia)— Soft-Water Terrapin (Malaco- 

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



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