172 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE CLASS REPTILIA. 
On April 1, 1913, all these examples are on exhibition in the 
Reptile House: 
ORDERS. CONSPICUOUS EXAMPLES, LOCALITY. 
Alligator Turtle......... Louisiana. 
Snapping Turtle........ Zoological Parl. 
Box Tortoise............ Zoological Park. 
Tuntes, or Giant Tortoise.......... Galapagos Island. 
Chelonia. Gopher Tortoise........ Florida. 
Painted Turtle.......... New York. 
Green Turtle (marine)... New York. 
Soft-shelled Turtle...... Indiana. 
Alligator.............0.- Florida. 
Scania, oF Florida Crocodile....... Southern Florida. 
2 Crocodilia. Broad-nosed Crocodile... Africa. 
cal Iguana (I. tuber- 
=| culata). .....e cee eee West Indies. 
BH Horned “Toad”......... Arizona. 
a Lizanps, or Green Lizard (L. 
we \ Lacertilia. viridis)... 66. Europe. 
Monitor’. «i635 sucess ee a Ceylon. 
= “Glass Snake”........... Florida. 
= Gila Monster........... Arizona. 
ia Chameleon.............. Africa. 
nl Regal Python........... Malay Peninsula. 7 
Anaconda............... British Guiana. B 
Black Snake (B. 4 
constrictor) ........... Zoological Park. I 
SERPENTS, or Garter Snake........... Zoological Park. x 
Ophidia, Hog-Nosed Snake....... Zoological Park. 
Coral Snake............- Florida. a 
Cobra de Capello....... India. ES 
Diamond - Backed g 
Rattlesnake........... Florida. ei 
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 large 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 
wants of at least three species cf turtles of medium size. 
