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CLASS REPTILES. 3 



Section SHIELDED REPTILES— Order CHELARIANS; 



on TORTOISES : 5 



True Tortoises — Testudinidae 6 



Terrapins — Emijdidae 9 



Aquatic Tortoises — Chelididae 17 



Soft Turtles — Triorujcidae 19 



Sea Turtles — Ghekmiadae 21 



Order EMYDOSAURI; or TORTOISE-LIZARDS: 28 



Crocodiles — Crocodilidae 29 



Alligators — Atligatoridae 35 



Order AMPHISB.ENIA: Amphisbcenidae 38 



Cheirotidae 38 



Section 8QUAMATA; or SCALED REPTILES. — Order 

 SAURA; or LIZARDS.— Sub-Order Septo- 

 gi.oss.e; or Slender-Tongued Lizards. — Tribe 



Cyclosaura 40 



Monitors — Monitoridae 40 



Teguexins — Teidae 43 



True Lizards — Lacertirddae 45 



Band-Tailed Lizards — Zonuridae 50 



Cylindrical-Bodied Lizards — Ohalcidae 54 



Other Families of Lizards — Anadiadae, Chirocolidae, 

 Cercosauridae, Chamossauridae 55 



Tribe GE1SSOSAURA: 55 



Gape-Eyed Skinks — Gyrrmophthalmidae 57 



Pagopus, Velma—Pygopidae 57 



Aprasia — Aprasiadae. — Lialis — Lialicidae 58 



Skinks — Scincidae 58 



Opliiomore — Ophiomoridae. — Seps — Sepsidae 68 



Javelin Snake — Acontiadae 09 



Blind Reptiles — Typhlinidae, Typhlopsidae 70 



Rough-Tailed Lizards — Uropeltidae 71 



Sub-Order Pachygi.ossae; or Thick-Tongued Lizards. — 



Tribe Nyctisaura: Geckos — Geckotidae 71 



Tribe Strobilosai'Ka: True Iguanas — Iguanidae 75 



Iguanas of the Old World — Agamidae 84 



Tribe Dendrosaura; or Tree Lizards 89 



Order OPHIDIA; or SNAKES: 93 



Adders — Crotalidae 95 



Vipers — Viperidae 104 



River and Sea Serpents — Hydridae 115 



Boas — Boidae 118 



Conocephalus — Calamaridae. — Schaap-Sticker with 



other species — Coronellidae 125 



Water Snakes — Natricidae 127 



Racers — Oolubrinac 130 



Tree Serpents — Dryadidae 134 



Almost-Toothless Serpents — Dasypeltidae, or Raehio- 



dontidae 137 



True Tree Serpents — Dendrophidae 137 



Wood Snakes — Dryiophidae 139 



Dipsas — Dipsadidae. — Deadly Serpents — Mapidae 



(commencing with Banded Bungarus. ) 140 



Other Families of Deadly Serpents — Dendraspidae, 

 Atractaspididae 149 



Order BATRACHIA; or FROGS AND TOADS.— Sub- 

 Order Batrachia Sai.ientia; or Leaping BA- 

 TRACHIANS: 149 



A. Aglossa; or Tongueless Batrachians: Dactyle- 



thridae, Pipidae 150 



B. Opisthoglossae; or Tongued Batrachians: 151 



True Frogs — Ranidae 152 



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Horned and Land Fvog—C'ystisjnatludae 158 I 



Painted Frog — Discoglussidae. — Nurse Frog — Aly- 



tidae 159 



Toads— liufouidae 160 



r Polypedatidae, Hylidae 164 



Tree-Frogs, Pehdryadae (represented by the Blue Frog), 

 01" \ PkyUomedUSidae (represented by the Bicolor 



Tree-Toads. | Tree-Frog) 168 



I Sylaplesidae 169 



C. Proteroglossa; or Batrachians with Tongue free in 



front: Rhinophryne — Rhinophrynidae 169 



Sub-Order Batrachia Gradientia; or Crawling Ba- 

 trachians: 170 

 c I ( Salamandridae 170 



1 PtetliOdoutidae (commencing with Japanese 

 S ' ( Salamander) 175 



Order PSEUDOSAURIA; or FALSE BATRACHIANS: 



Gigantic Salamander, etc. — Prokmopsidae 176 



Congo Snake, etc. — Amphiumidae 179 



Order PSEUDOPHIDIA; on FALSE SERPENTS (genus 

 Caeeilia).— Order PSEUDOICTHYAS ; or 



FISH-LIKE REPTILES 180 



Order MEANTIA, comprising odd forms of Crawling 



Batrachians: Proteidae 185 



Mud Eel— Sirenidae 186 



CLASS PISCES; OR FISHES. 



Order CHONDROPTERYGII; or SOFT -FINNED 

 FISHES. — Sub-Order Eleutheropomi; oi-Free- 

 Gilled Fishes: Sturgeon and Shovel-Fish — 

 Aeipenseridae 



Spoon-Bill Sturgeon — Polyodontidae 



Chimaeras — Ckimeeridae 



Sub-Order Trematopnea; or Fishes with Gills fixed to Bars. 

 — Sub-Section Squali, comprising Sharks and 

 Shark-like Fishes: Dog-Fishes— Scyllidae 



Sharks — Squalidae 



Angel-Fish — Squatinidae 



Sub-Section Raii; or Rays: Saw Fish — Pristinidae. — True 



Rays — Raidae 



Order ACANTHOPTERYGII; or SPINE - FINNED 

 FISHES: Sticklebacks — Gasterosteidae 



Fishes with Compressed Body — Beryeidae 



Perches — Percidae 



Lip Fishes — Labridae 



Kakaan, Capeuna, Bodian— Pristipomidae 



Mullets — MuUidae 



Braize, Snapper, Gilt-Head, etc. — Sparidae. Scaly- 

 Finned Fishes — 8quamipinn.es. — Chetodonts — 

 Chaitodontinae .... 



Archer-Fish — Tiymtina. — Chilodactyle— CirrhMdae. 

 — Gurnards— Triglidac 



Uranoscopns, Sting-Fish, Sillago — Trachinidae. . . . 



Tooth-Scaled Fishes — Sciaenidae 



Beeuna — Sphyraenidae 



Hair-Tailed Fishes — Trichiuridae 



Mackerels — Scombridae 



Cordonnier, Rudder-Fish, Horse-Mackerel — Caran- 

 gidae 



Sword Fishes —Xipliiidae 



Gobies — Gobiidae 



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