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INDEX 



Geikia, 310 



Genital organs, of Amphibia, 48 f., 49 



Genyophryne, 2S6 ; G. thomsoni, S36 



Genyophrynidae, 141 



Genyophryninae, 1S9, $36 



Geographical distribution, principles of, 

 69 f. ; regions and sub-regions, 74 f. 

 (for details see also Maps) ; of Apoda, 

 89 ; of Urodela, 95, 96 ; of Anura, 143, 

 161, 167, 186, 239 ; of Chelonia, 331 f., 

 332, 333 ; of Crocodilia, 446 ; of 

 Lacertilia, 500 f., 515, 529, 543, 552, 

 566, 568 ; of Snalces, 585 



Geomolge, 96 



Geosaurus, JfSl 



Geotriton, 97 



Oeotrypetes, 89 



Gerrhonotus, SS8 ; G, coeruleus, 53S 



Gerrhosauridae, 514, 559 



Gerrhosaurus flavigidaris, 559 



Gharial, 45Z ; see also Gavialis 



Gigantic Tortoises, 372 f. 



Gila Monster, 54-1 



Gills, definition, 40 ; development of, 41, 

 43 ; retention of, 40 ; external and 

 internal, 43 f. ; operculum of, 44 ; of 

 Nototmna, 203 



Gill-clefts, 42 ; of Urodela, 42 ; of Auura, 

 42 



Girtanner, on musical appreciation of tor- 

 toises, 368 



Glass-Snake, 53S 



Glauconia, 594 



Glauconiidae, 59J, 594 



Glyplwglossus, 225, 226, SSS, 333; G. 

 molossus, 233 



Goeldi, on Ilyla fdber, 197 ; on habits of 

 Podocnemis expansa, 397 f. 



Gomphognathus, 308, 309 



Gondwanosaurus, S3 



GoTUjyhis, 563 



Goniopholidae, 4^3 



Goniopholis, 448, 453 ; G. crassidens, 453 ; 

 G. simus, 453 



Gordonia, 301, 303, 310; skull, 280 



Grass-Frog, 251 f., 255 



Grass-Snake, 60S t 



Greek Tortoise, 365 f. 



Green Lizard, 555 



Green Toad, 180 



Green, or Edible, Turtle, SSI f. 



Groenberg, on Plpa, 149 



Growth, rate of, in Testudo ibera, 370 ; 

 Chi-ysemys picta, 349 ; JSmys orUeularis, 

 351, 355 



Gular shields of Chelonia, 315 



Gundlach, on Leptodactybis, 219 



Giinther, 140 ; on gigantic Tortoises, 374 ; 

 on classification of Snakes, 592 



Gutzeit, on horny teeth of Tadpoles, 58 



Gyiiiiunhictylus, tail, 506, 513, 512 ; de- 

 serticolous, 493 



Gymnophiona, 84 f. 



Gymnophis, 90 



GymnopMhalmus, aberrant scaling, 495 



Haast, on habits of Sphein)do7i, 299 



Iladrosaurus inirabilis, 429 



Haeckel, on classification, 9 



Hallopius victor, 423 



Hamadryad, 632 



Hand-skeleton, excalation of second finger 

 in Eryops, 286 



Haptoglossa, 96 



Hardun = Agama stellio, 521 



Hatteria — see Sphenodon, 293 f. 



Hawksbill-Turtle, 384 f- 



Hay, on Sphargis, 337 



Hearing of Chelonia, 330 



Heart, modification of, in lungless Am- 

 phibia, 47 



Hedonic glands {ijdovfi, lust), 443 



Hcleioporus, 213, 222 ; H. albopunctatus. 

 222 ; II. pictus, 222 



lldix virgata, eaten by Hyla coeruUa, 

 200 



Heloderma horridum, 540 ; H. siispectum, 

 540, 541 



Heloderraatidae, 513, 540 f. 



Heviidactyliis titrcicus, 50S, 608 



Hemiphractinae, 139, 210 f. 



Semiphractus, 210 



Ilemisus, 225, 226, 228, 232; shoulder- 

 girdle, 25 ; H. guttatum, 232 ; H. 

 sudayiense, 332 



Hensel, on Bnfo marinns, 179 ; on tadpoles 

 of Thoropa,, 209 : on nest-building of 

 Leptodactylus, 219 



Herodotus, on Crocodiles, 462 



Ilerpele, 90 



Herpestes gnseus (Mongoos), 629 



Hibernation, temperature of blood during, 

 68 ; of Tortoises, 347, 349, 354, 358, 

 360, 363, 365, 369, 376 ; of Crocodiles, 

 447 



Hinckley, on tadpoles of Hyla versicolor, 

 195 



Hind-limbs, of Urodela, 15 ; of Anura, 

 27 ; of Prosauria, 289 ; of Theromorpha, 

 302, 305 ; of Chelonia, 321 ; of Dino- 

 sauria, 414, 423, 425, 427, 429 ; of 

 Crocodilia, 440 ; of Plesiosanria, 476 ; of 

 Ichthyosauria, 480 ; of Pterosauria, 486 ; 

 of Lacertilia, 497 ; of Opliidia, 593, 594, 

 596 



Hipistes hydrinus, 625 



Holbrook, on the Black Snake, 613 ; on 

 habits of Alligator, 470 f. 



Holoblastic eggs ; the whole mass of the 

 egg undergoes the process of cleavage, 

 53 



Hnmalopsinae, 625 



Homalopsis huccata, 635 



Homing of turtles, instances of, 386 



