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INDEX 



Laeertilia, 491 f. ; skeleton, 494 f. ; skin, 

 497 ; change of colour, 498 



Lacliesis yrmnineus, 647 ; L. lanceolaUis, 

 646, 647 



Land-tortoises, 364 f* 



Lauthanotidae, SI4, 541 f. 



Lantlianotus horneensis, 541 



Laosaurus^ 4^7 



Lariosauncs, 473, 474 ; L. balsamic 4^'^ 



Larvae, oilchthyophis, 91 ; oiHypogeophis, 

 92 ; of AnMystoma, 112 ; of Triton 

 xoaltU, 131 



Latreille, on classification, 7, 8 



Laurenti, on classification, 7 



Leathery T-ax'Cis, = Sphargis, 333 f., 334 



Lcchriodonta, distribution of, 95 ; defined, 

 102 



Le2iidobatrachus, ^12, 218 



Lepidophyma, 547 



Lepospondylous, defined, 79 



Leptohrachium^ 161 ; L. ca'rinense, 166 



Leptodactylus, 21f, 218 f.; L. albilahris, 

 219 ; L. mystacinus, 219 ; L. ooellatus, 

 219 ; L. typhonius, 219 f. 



LeptognoMus, 6'24 



Lcptophis, 618 ; L. liocerus, 618, 619 



Leslie, on Xenopus, 146 



Leuckart, on classification, 8 



Leydig's duct, defined, 48, 49 



Lialis burtoni, 567 



Limbs, of Amphibia, 26, 27 ; Stegocephali, 

 79, 83 ; Jiryops, 286 ; Microsauri, 

 289 ; Prosauri, 291 ; Spilienodon, 298 ; 

 Theromorpha, 302 ; Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 Chelonia, 320, 319, sSt) ; Sphargis, 

 335 : Chelonidae, 379 ; Dinosauria, 

 414 f., 418, 420 ; Cbnipsognathus. 423 ; 

 Stegosauri, 426 f, ; Iguanodon, 428, 

 428; Eusuchia, • 440 ; Plesiosauria, 

 475, 475 ; Lariosaunts, 477 ; lehthyo- 

 sauria, 480 ; Pterosauria, 485, 485 ; 

 Laeertilia, 495 ; Geckones, 505 ; Cham- 

 eleons, 568 ; reduction of, in Laeertilia, 

 497 ; in Ophidia, 593, 594, 596 



Limnodynastes, 21S, 222 ; spaivning, 223 



Limnomediisa, iil'2 



Linnaeus, on classification, 7 



Liodon haitmuriensis, 4^0 



L'wUpis belli, 59.7 



Liopelma, 153 ; L. hochstetferi, 160 



LinphnjTie, 225, ^7 



LiosanmLs, 529 



Lissamphibia, 84 f. 



Lizard, Common English, 66S : Emerald, 

 555; Eyed, 666, 556; Green, 555; 

 Sand, 554 ; Wall, 557 



Lizards, 491 f. 



Locality, sense of, in Tortoises, 368, 

 387 



Loggerhead Turtle, 387; individual 

 varieties of shields, 327, 388 



Longevity, of Testudo daudini, 376 ; T. 



graeca, 369 ; T. ibera, 369 ; T. sumeirei, 



377 

 Loxocemus bicolor, 598 

 JLoxomvia, 83 



Lucilia bufonivora, fly infesting Bnfo, 176 

 Lungs, definition, 40 ; suppression of, 46 ; 



of Aglossa, 144; of Laeertilia, 499 

 Luth, or Leathery Turtle, 333 f., 334 

 Lycosaurus, 307 

 Lygosoma, distribution, 501 

 Lymph-spaces, in the cutis of Anura, 34 

 Lyriocephcdus scutatus, 517, 518 

 Lytoloma, 336, 380 



Mabuia, 562 ; distribution, 501 ; eyelids, 

 494 ; M. vittatta, 562 



Macroclemmys, 326 ; J/, temmincki, S40 f,, 

 340 



Macroprotodon cucullatus, 624 



Macrorhynchidae, 451 



Madagascar, Laeertilia of, 502 



Mcdacocleviviys terrapin, 359 f. ; com- 

 mercial breeding-farms, 360 



Malpighian, body, 49 ; stratum, 32 



Mammalian affinities of Theromorpha, 303, 

 309 



Manculus, 96, 103, 106 ; J/, quadridigi- 

 tatus, 106 



Mandible, composition of, in Crocodiles, 

 437 ; very Mammalian in Gomphogna- 

 thus, 309 



Mantella, 274 



Mantophryne, 225, 227 



Maps showing geographical distribution, of 

 Coeciliidae, 89 ; Urodela, 95 ; Aglossa, 

 143 ; Cystignathidae, Discoglossidae, 

 Pelobatidae, 161 ; Bufonidae, 167 

 Hylidae, 185 ; Ranidae, 239 ; Chely- 

 didae, 332, 333 ; Chelydridae, 332 

 Cinosternidae, 332 ; Dermatemydidae, 

 332 ; Pelomedusidae, 332 ; Platyster- 

 nidae, 332 ; Trionychidae, 333 ; Croco 

 dilia, 446 ; Geckonidae, 503 ; Agamidae, 

 515 ; Anguidae, 529 ; Iguanidae, 629 

 Zonuridae, 529 ; Varanidae, 643 

 Lacertidae, 552 ; Amphisbaenidae, 566 

 Chaniaeleontes, 568 ; Snakes, danger- 

 ously poisonous, 585 ; Elapinae, 626 

 Crotalinae, 644 ; Viperinae, 638 



Marbled Newt, -126 



Marginal plates of Chelonia, 325, 322, 323 



Marginal shields, 326 



Marsh, on Axolotl, 115 



Marsh Crocodile, 455 



Marshall, on distribution of U«|opeltidae, 

 595 



Mascarene Islands, tortoises of, 373 f. 



Mason, on habits of Oalotes, 519 ; on 

 Python legends, 599 ; on Varanus, 544 



Mastodonsawms, 83 



'iAa.ia.mata. = Chely s fimlyriata, 4OO, 401 



Mauritius, gigantic tortoises, 373 f., 376 



