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INDEX 



250 ; R. a/ghana, 250 ; R. agilis, ^57 ; 



R. albolabris, 250 ; R. allwola, 250 ; R. 



arvalis, $57 ; R. catesbiana, $81 ; R. 



chalconota, 250 ; R. chlorotwta, 250 ; R. 



clmnata, SG2, 263 ; R. corrugata, 250 ; 



R. curtipes, 250 ; R. cyanophlyctis, 250 ; 



R. elegans, 250 ; R. erythraea, $50 ; R. 



esculenta, $6S ; meclianism of tongue, 



268 ; vocal sacs, 269 ; var. cJmiensis, 

 ' $67 ; var. lessonae, $65 ; var. ridibunda, 



$64; var. tyjnca, $65 ; R. fontinalis, 



$6$ ; R. glandulosa, 250 ; R. gracilis, 



$61 ; R. graeca, $59 ; R. guppyi, 261 ; 



R. halecina, 26S ; R. hexadactyla, 250 ; 



R. iberica, $58; R. latastei, $59; R. 



liebigi, 250 ; R. mascariensis, 250 ; R. 



mojitezmnae, 250 ; R. mugiens, $61 ; R. 



opisthodon, $60 ; R. oxyrhynchus, 250 ; 



R. rugosa, 250 ; R. silvatica, $59 ; R. 



tenqmralis, 250 ; R. temporaria, $51 {., 



255 ; R, tigriiui, $61 

 Rauidae, 139, $37 f. 

 Ranidens, 96 ; R. sibiricus, 109 

 Eaniformes, 139, 140 

 Eauinae, 139, $37, $38 f. ; distribution, 



239 

 PMppia, $41 

 Rat Snake, 611, 612 

 Rattle of Rattle-Snake, 644 

 Rattle-Snake, 6J.S f., 648, 650 

 Reduction of limbs, in Urodela, 16 ; in 



Lacertilia, 497 

 Regeneration, in Amphibia, 66 f. ; of tail in 



Spjhenodon, 298 ; of shell in Chelonia, 



329 ; of horny shields in Chelonia, 329, 



386 : of tail in Lacertilia, 495 ; of tail 



in Geckos, 506 

 Regions, geographical, 74 f. 

 Reproduction of Tortoise-shell, 386 

 Reptilia, defined, 277 ; principal characters 



of, 278 ; classification of, 279 ; diagram 



of afiinities of principal groups, 282 ; 



affinities to Mammalia, 303, 309 

 Respiration, mode of, in Chelonia, 331 ; 



assisted by anal sacs, 330 

 Respiratory organs, of Amphibia, 40 

 Rhachiodontinae, 6$3 

 Rh,i,:,-,phfrrus, 151, 186, 238, 241, 244, 



246 ; Rh. leucomystax, 247 ; tadpoles, 



249 ; RJi. inaculatiis, nesting, 248 ; Rh. 



madagasmriensis, 245; Rh. maximus, 



245 ; Rh. pardalis, 246, 246 ; Rh. 



reiiiwardti, 247 ; Rh. reticulatus, 248; 



Rh. schlegeli, nesting, 248 

 Rhampholeon spectrum, 580 

 Rliamphorhynchus longicaudatus, 486 ; 



Rh. phyllurus, 486 ; Rh. muensteri, 

 487 

 Rhamphosuchus crassidens, 453 

 Rhinatrcma, 89 

 Rhinemys, 389, 399 

 Rhirwchelys, 390 



Rhinoderma, 226, 227, 228; Rh. darwini, 

 228 1. 



Rhinophis, 91 ; Rh. sanguineus, 596 



Rhinophrynus, 166,- 168 ; Rh. dorsalis, 

 185, 227 



Rhinophrys, 167 



Rhoinbophryne, 225, 227 



Rhynchocephali, 292 



Rhynchosaurus, 292 



Rhytidosteus, 83 



Ribs, of Urodela, 14 ; of Anura, 21 ; of 

 Microsanri, 288 ; of Spihenodon, 297 ; 

 of Theroniorpha, 302 ; of Cynogiiathus, 

 307 ; of Microgomphodon, 309 ; of 

 Chelonia, 315, 320, 324 ; of Dinosauria, 

 413 ; of Crocodilia, 438 ; of Parasuchia, 

 434 ; of Busuchia, 439 ; of Lacertilia, 

 495 ; of Geckones, 504 ; much elongated 

 in certain Iguanidae, 529 ; meeting 

 ventrally in Chameleons, 568 



Ridewood, on hyoid apparatus of Anura, 

 31 



Ringhals, 632, 633 



Ritter and Miller, on Autodax, 107 



Robinson, on peculiar use of Varanus, 546 



Rodriguez, gigantic tortoises, 374 



Rostral bone of Ceratopsia, 430 



Round Island snake, 603 



Sacral vertebrae of Anura, 21, 22 

 Scdamandra, 115 f. ; trunk-vertebra, 14 ; 



skull, 17 ; lower jaw, 17 ; distribution, 



96, 115 t. ; <S. atra, 119 f. ; S. caucasica, 



121 ; S. maculosa, 115 f. 

 Salamandrella, 96, 109; S. keyserlingi, 



109 ; S. schrenM, egg-sac, 110 

 Salamandridae, 94, 102 

 Salamaudrina, 96, 115 ; S. perspicillata, 



122 ; skull, 17 

 Salamandrinae, 102, 115 

 Sarasin, P. and F., 10 ; on Coeciliae, 88 ; 



on Ichthyophis, 90 

 Sauria, 491 f. 



Sauriehnites salamandroides, S3 

 Sauropoda, 4IS 

 Sauropsida, 5, 277 

 Sauropterygia, 476 

 SaurosUrnmn, 291 

 Scales of Apoda, 87 

 Scaling, aberrant, 495 

 Scaphiophryne, 225, 226, $27 

 Scaphiopius', 161, 164 ; S. solitarius, 165 

 Seapteira, deserticolous, 494 

 Scapula, attached to thoracic vertebrae, 



487 

 Scelidosaurus, 416 ; S. harrisoni, 425 

 Scheuchzer, on Homo diluiiii testii^8i 

 Schlegel, on Cryptobranchus, 100 

 Schnberg, on mechanism of finger-discs of 



Hylidae, 187 

 Schwalbe, on Salnmandra atra, 120 

 Scincidae, 514, S59 t. 



