REPTILE GALLERY. 53 



specimen in this gallery is the model of the skeleton of the 

 gigantic extinct North American land Eeptile known as Dip- 

 lodocus carneyii, which measures over eighty feet in length. 

 It was presented by Mr. A. Carnegie in 1905. 



The Crocodiles and their extinct relatives occupy the cases 

 on the left of the entrance from the Bird gallery and also 

 a stand in the middle of the gallery ; among them 

 may be specially noticed the Indian Gharial, of which both 

 the skeleton and skin are exhibited. The two small cases 

 on each side of the west doorway are occupied by extinct forms 

 and the peculiar Tuatera Lizard of New Zealand. At the south 

 end of the east side are. arranged the Turtles and Tortoises, 

 including examples of the Giant Tortoises of the Galapagos and 



Fid. 25. — The Saddle-backed Giant Tortoise (Testudo cMngdoni), 

 OP Abingdon Island, Galapasos Gkodp. 



Mascarene Islands (fig. 25). Opposite the Turtles and Tortoises 

 are the Snakes, among which the two large Pythons, coloured to 

 nature, form attractive exhibits. Extinct groups occupy the 

 two small cases on each side of the east door. Beyond these 

 come the Lizards, which occupy the cases opposite the Croco- 

 diles. The fine series of Old World Monitor Lizards and 

 American Iguanas are specially noteworthy. Casts of remains 

 of the extinct marine Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs are shown 

 in the small cases on the sides of the doorway in the east wall. 



In the Eeptile gallery is placed a large table-case Amphibians 

 containing a selection of the more important forms of ^^^^^*gg^®™ 

 Amphibians, which are divided into such as possess a tail: 

 Salamanders and Newts; and into those without tails: Frogs 



