POrULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



SYNOPSIS OP THE CLASS REPTILIA. 



At this date, May 1, 1907, all these examples are on exhibition 

 in the Reptile House: 



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Turtles, or 

 CheJonia. 



Saurians, or 

 Crocodilia. 



Lizards, or 

 Lacertilia. 



Serpents, or 

 Ophidia. 



conspicuous exajiples. locality. 



Alligator Turtle... Louisiana. 



Snapping Turtle... Zoological Park. 



Box Tortoise Zoological Park. 



Giant Tortoise.... Galapagos Island. 



Gopher Tortoise... Florida. 



Painted Turtle.... New York. 



Soft-shelled Turtle. Indiana. 



Green Turtle New York. 



Alligator Florida. 



Florida Crocodile . Southern Florida. 



Cuban Crocodile... Cuba. 



Iguana (I. turher- 



culata) West Indies. 



Green Lizard (L. 



viridis) Europe. 



Chameleon Africa. 



Monitor Ceylon. 



Gila Monster Arizona. 



Horned "Toad".... Arizona. 



"Glass Snake" Florida. 



Regal Python Malay Peninsula. 



Anaconda British Guiana. 



Black Snake (B. 



constrictor) Zoological Park. 



Garter Snake Zoological Park. 



Hog-Nosed Snake. . Zoological Park. 



Coral Snake Florida. 



Cobra de-Capello . . . India. 

 Diamond - Backed 



Rattlesnake Florida. 



Water Moccasin... Florida. 





THE TURTLES AND TORTOISES. 



The Order of Turtles, (Chelonia), is so large that it has 

 been found necessary to devote to its representatives the 

 whole central space of the main hall of the Reptile House, 

 and also a specially designed Tortoise House of glass in the 

 eastern end of the building. In the main hall are two feat- 

 ures — one, a large square tank for marine turtles; the other, 

 a pool of running water between banks of earth, sand, and 

 living plants. This tank is 35 feet in length, and by means 

 of low, plate-glass partitions it is divided into ten cross sec- 

 tions, each of which can very comfortably provide for the 



