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Batagurs (Gachuga, etc.) — Big-Headed Tortoise (Platysternidce) — Mud-Terrapins and 

 their Allies (Cinosternidce and Dermatemydidas) — Maw's Terrapin (Dermatemys) — The 

 Snappers and Alligator - Terrapins (Ghelydridce) ■ — Alligator - Terrapin (Chelydra) — 

 Tcmminck's Snapper (Macroclemmys) — The Turtles (Ghelonidce)— Green and Hawks- 

 bill Turtles (Chelone) — Loggerhead Turtle (Thalassochelys) — Habits of Turtles — Tor- 

 toise-Shell — Extinct Turtles — Leathery Turtles (Derrnochelyidce) — The Side-Necked 

 Tortoises (Chelyidce and Pelomedusidce) — Matamata Tortoise (Chelys) — Snake-Necked 

 Tortoises (Hydromedusa) — Australian Long-Necked Tortoises (Chelodina) — Other 

 Genera — Greaved Tortoises (Podocnemis) — Allied Genera — Fly Biver Turtle (Garetto- 

 chelyidce) — Australian Horned Tortoises (Miolaniidce) — Extinct European Genera — 

 Generalised Chelonians (Pleurostcrnum, etc.) — The Soft-Tortoises (Trionychidce) — 

 Typical Genus (Trionyx) — Granulated Soft-Tortoises (Emyda, etc.)— Habits of the 

 Group — The Flesiosaurs, or Long-Necked Marine Lizards (Order Sauropterygia), . 42 



CHAPTER IV. — Scaled Beptiles — Lizards and Chameleons, — Order Squamata ; 

 Suborders, Lacertilia and Rhiptoglossa. 



Characteristics of the Order — Skull — Bibs and Vertebrae — Other Characters — Special Charac- 

 ters of Lizards (Suborder Lacertilia) — Numbers and Distribution — Habits — The Geckos 

 (Geckonid(e) — Lobe-Footed Gecko (Ptyodactylus) — Turkish Gecko (Hemidactylus) — 

 Fringed Gecko — Wall-Gecko — Habits of the Group — Eyelid Geckos — The Scale-Footed 

 Lizards (Pygopodido?) — The Agamoid Lizards (Agamidw) — Flying-Lizards (Draco) — 

 Oriental Tree-Lizards (Galotes) — Ceylon Horned Lizards (Ceratophora) — Typical Group 

 (Agama) — Armed Agama — Spinose Agama— Bough-Tailed Agama — Australian Frilled 

 Lizard (Chlamydosanrus) — Sail-Tailed Lizard (Lophurus) — Thorny-Tailed Lizards 

 ( Uromastix) — Habits— East African Thorny-Tailed Lizards (Aporoscdis) — Moloch Lizard 

 (Moloch) — The Iguanoid Lizards (Iguanidce) — Anolis Lizards (Anolis) — Allied Genera — 

 Basilisks (Basiliscus) — Bidge-Headed Lizards (Gorythophanes) — Stilted Lizards ( Uranis- 

 codon) — The Sea-Lizard (Amblyrhynchus) — Galapagos Land-Lizard (Conolophus) — True 

 Iguanas (Iguana) — Bing- Tailed Iguana (Cyclura) — Extinct Iguanas — Horned Lizards 

 (Phrynosoma) — The Girdled Lizards (Zonurida;) — Girdle-Tailed Lizard (Zonurus) — The 

 Snake-Like Lizards (Anguidce) — Scheltopusiks (Ophisaurus) — Blind-Worm (Anguis) — 

 The Poisonous Lizards (Helodermatidw)— The Monitors ( Varanido?)— Their Habits — 

 The Greaved Lizards (Teiidce) — The Teju (Tupinambis) — The Ameivas (Ameiva) — The 

 AniY>hisbgdna,s(Amphisb(enid(e) — Handed Amphisbama (C/wYotes) — Typical Amphisbsenas 

 (Amphisbcena) — The True Lizards (Lacertidce) — Pearly Lizard (Lacerta)— Green Lizard — 

 Sand-Lizard — Viviparous Lizard— Wall- Lizard— Keeled Lizards (Algiroides) — Fringe- 

 Toed Lizards (Acanthodactylus) — The Skink Tribe (Scincida})— Stump-Tailed Lizard 

 (Trachysaurus) — Snake-Eyed Lizards (Ablephams)— True Skinks (Scincus)— Bronze 

 Lizards (Clialcides)— Other Families (Anelytropido3 and Dibamidce)— The Chamseleons 

 (Suborder Rhiptoglossa) — Their Habits, ....... 104 



CHAPTEB V.— Scaled Reptiles,— continued. The Snakes— Suborder Ophidia. 



Distinctive Characters and Structure— Teeth— Harmless and Poisonous Snakes— Distribution 

 —Habits— The Blind Snakes (Typhlopodidas and Glauconiida;)— The Pythons and Boas 

 ( Boidoi)— True Pythons (Python)— Their Distribution and Habits— The Various Species — 

 Allied Genera (Loxocemus, Nardoa, etc.)— Tree-Boas (Epicrates)— Dog-Headed Tree- 

 Boa (Gorallus)— Keeled Tree-Boas (Enygrus)— Anaconda (Euneces)— True Boas (Boa)— 

 Keel-Scaled Boa (Casarea)— Sand-Snakes (Eryx)— Allied Genera (Lichanura, etc.)— 

 Extinct Python-Like Snakes (Palceophis)— The Cylinder-Snakes (Ilysiida>)— Coral 

 Cylinder-Snake (Ihjsia)— Bed Snake (Cylindrophis)— The Shield-Tails (Uropeltidee)— 

 The Colubrine Snakes (Golubridw) — Wart-Snakes (Acrochordus) — Water- Snakes 

 ( Tropidonotus)— Binged Snake— Tesselated and Viperine Snakes— Oblique-Eyed Snakes 

 (Helicops)— Pigmjfc Snakes (Calamaria)— Sling-Snakes (Coronella)— Fierce Snakes 

 (Zamenis)— Horseshoe Snake— Bat-Snake— Running Snakes (Ptijas)— Climbing Snakes 



