INDEX 



653 



Boulenger, classification of Amphibia Cau- 

 data, 9 ; on vertebrae of Felobates, 20 ; 

 on vertebrae of Bmnbinator, 22 ; number 

 of plialanges in Anura, 27 ; on poison of 

 Amphibia 36 ; on vocal sacs, 48 ; on 

 modes of fecundation and nursing habits, 

 6-1, 56 ; synopsis of Tadpoles, 59 n. ; on 

 tadpoles of Rami opisthodon, 260 ; on 

 classification of Anura, 140, 141 ; on 

 P^p«,152 ; on Scaphiojti'-S solitaHus,lQ5 ; 

 on AUiijator sinensis, 471 ; on Lanth- 

 anotus, 5Jf2 ; on aberrant scaling, 495 ; 

 on ffelodenna, 540 n. ; on classification 

 of Snakes, 592 ; on Sea-Snakes, 637 ; on 

 Sphargis, 336 



Bovkngenila, 90 



Box-Tortoises, 36S, 364, 365 



Brachial plexns, of Anura, 39 



Brachycephalus, 226, 2-37 ; B. ephippiuvi, 

 231 



Brachi/lophus, distribution, 501, S2S 



Brain, of iScaphognathus, 485 ; small size 

 of, in Dinosaurs, 425 



Branchial arches, of Urodela, 16 ; of Anura, 

 42 



Branchi osauri , 80 



Braniiijjt^^^ skull, 80 ; B. salamand- 



Braue^fc^ jKlopment of Apoda, 92 ; on 

 nursSiij^Rs of Aiihrole^jtis, 243 



BreedingOT^xolotl, 113 



Breiiaps, shoulder-girdle, 25, 225, 226, 

 2J7, 232 ; B. viossambicus, BSB 



Brithopus, SOS 



Brongniart, on classification, 7 



Brontosaurus, 415, 4IS ; B. excelsus, 418 



Bronfozovm, 415, 417; B. giganteum, 4W 



Brood-pouches, of Anura, 151, 248 ; of 

 Hyla goeldii, 198 ; of Nototrema, 202 ; 

 of Rhinoderma, 228 



Brookesia, 5S0 



Broivn Adder, 6S4 



Brown Frog, Common, 251 f., 255 



Briicke, quoted, 571 



Buchholz, on Chiromantis, %4i f- 



Budgett, on breeding habits of Phyllo- 

 medusa, 204 ; on Paludicolu, 220 ; on 

 Lepidobatrachus, 218 ; quick develop- 

 ment of Pliryniscns, 231 ; on Bvfo 

 marinus, 179 



Biifo, sacral vertebra, 22 ; shoulder-girdle, 

 25 ; urino-genital organs, 49 ; develop- 

 ment of adhesive apparatus, 57 ; B. agua, 

 17S ; B. americanns, 178 ; B. calamita, 

 181 f. ; B. cendophrys, 179 ; B. enqntsus 

 and B. peltocephalits, dermal ossifica- 

 tions, 179 ; B. jerboa, 166 ; B. lenti- 

 ginosus, 178, 179 ; map of distribution, 

 167, 168, 169 t ; B. marimis, 178 ; B. 

 mcmritanica s. pantherina, 184; -B. 

 mdanostictv.s, 177, 179 ; B. qnemnus, 

 178 ; B. variabilis = viridis, ISO ; B. 



vii-idis, 180 f., 493 ; B. vulgaris, 170 f., 

 172 ; large-sized specimens, 171 ; im- 

 mured in buildings, 174 ; diseases, 176 ; 

 distribution, 177 



Bufonidae, 139, 166 f. ; distribution, 167 ; 

 affinities, 166 



Bufoniformes, 139 



Bullfrog, of America, liana catesbiana, 

 261 ; of India, Calhda pulchra, 234 ; 

 Rana tigrina, 261 



Bungariis coeruleus s. eandidiis, 633 ; B. 

 fasciains, 633 



Butler, on fat-bodies, 500 



Cabrita, 551 



Cacopus, shoulder - girdle, 25, 225, 226, 



228 

 Cacosternmn, 225, 227 

 Caiman, 450, 471 ; vomer, 435 ; 0. niger, 

 471, 472; C. pulpebmsus, 471 ;^C. 

 sderops, 471 , C. trigonal us, 471, 47i 

 Calcareous deposits in the skin of Am- 

 phibia, 31, 34 

 GalUpliora silvaiica, fly infesting Bvfo, 



176 

 Callophis maceldlandi, 634 

 Calluella, 235, r36 

 Callula, 226, 22S, 234 ; C. pulchra, habits 



of, 234 f. 

 Callulops, 225, 228 

 Caloplwynus, 225, 227 

 Galotes, 617 ; 0. emma, 518 ; C. viystaceus, 

 519; C. ophiomachus, 519; G. versi- 

 color, 518 

 Calyptocephalus, 179, 212, 215 

 Gamptosaurus, 426 

 Capitosaurus, S3 



Carapace, 321 f., 319, 320, 322, 323 ; 

 posterior portion movable in Ginyxis, 

 364, 365 ; carapace of tortoises, evolu- 

 tion of, 337 ; composition of, 324 f. ; 

 reduction of component elements, 325 ; 

 reduction in thickness, 373 ; correlative 

 changes, 328 ; of Sphargis, 335 f. ; of 

 Ghelone, 379 ; of Testudo, 322 ; of Pleu- 

 rodira, 389 ; reduction in Trionychidae, 

 325 ; fenestration, 325 ; with hinge in 

 Ginyxis, 364, 365 

 Cardioglossa, 274 

 Carettochetydidae, 313, 314 

 Carettochelys, 337, 389, 390 ; ('. insculpta, 



404 ; absence of horny shields, 325 

 Carpet Snake, 598, 599 

 Carpus (see also Limbs), of Eryops, 286 ; 

 of Sphenodon, 294 ; of Chelonia, 320, 

 320 ; of Eusuchia, 440 

 Gasarea, 603 

 Case, on Sphargis, 336 

 Cassina, 240 



Gausus, 638 ; C. rhombeatus, 639 

 Centrolene geckoidemn, ?.ll 

 Gerastes cormdus, 640, 641 



