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CLASS REPTILES. 3 
Section SHIELDED REPTILES —Order CHELARIANS; 
OR TORTOISES : 5 
True Tortoises — Testudinidae 6 
Terrapins — Emydidae 9 
Aquatic Tortoises — Ghelididae 17 
Soft Turtles— Trionycidae 19 
Sea Turtles — Cheloniadae 21 
Order EMYDOSAURI; or TORTOISE-LIZARDS: 28 
Crocodiles — Grocodilidae 29 
Alligators — AHigatoridae . . 35 
Order AMPHISBJENIA: Amphisbcenidae 38 
Cheirotidae 38 
Section SOU AM AT A; or SCALED REPTILES. — Order 
SAURA; or LIZARDS. — Sub-Order Septo- 
gloss/e; or Slk n d er-T ongue o Lizards. — Tribe 
Cyclosaura 40 
Monitors — Monitoridae 40 
Teguexins — Teidae 43 
True Lizards — Lacertinidae 45 
Band-Tailed Lizards — Zonuridae 50 
Cylindrical-Bodied Lizards — Chalcidae 54 
Other Families of Lizards — Anadiadae, Ghirocolidae , 
Gercosauridae , Chamoesauridae 55 
Tribe Geissosaura: 55 
Gape-Eyed Skmks—Gymnoplithalmidae 57 
Pagopus, Delma — Pygopidae 57 
A prasia — Aprasiadae. — Lialis — Lialicidae 58 
Skinks — Scincidae 58 
Ophiomore — Opliiomoridae. — Seps — Sepsidae 68 
Javelin Snake — Acontiadae 69 
Blind Reptiles — Typhlinidae, Typhlopsidae 70 
Rough-Tailed Lizards — Uropeltidae 71 
Sub-Order Pachyglossae; or Thick-Tongued Lizards.— 
Tribe Nyctisaura: Geckos — Geckotidae 71 
Tribe Strobilosaura: True Iguanas — Iguanidae ... 75 
Iguanas of the Old World — Agamidae 84 
Tribe Dendrosaura; or Tree Lizards 89 
Order OPHIDIA; or SNAKES: 93 
Adders — Grotalidae 95 
Yipers — Viperidae 104 
River and Sea Serpents — Hydridae 115 
Boas — Boidae 118 
Conocephalus — Gcdamaridae. — Schaap-Sticker with 
other species — Coronellidae 125 
Water Snakes — Natricidae 127 
Racers — Colubrinae 130 
Tree Serpents — Dryadidae 134 
Almost-Toothless Serpents — Dasypeltidae, or Rachio- 
dontidae 137 
True Tree Serpents — Dendrophidae 137 
Wood Snakes — Dryiophidae 139 
Dipsas — Dipsadidae. — Deadly Serpents — Elapidae 
(commencing with Banded Bungarus. ) 140 
Other Families of Deadly Serpents— Dendraspidae, 
A tractaspididae 149 
Order BATRACHIA; or FROGS AND TOADS— Sub- 
Order Batrachia Salientia; or Leaping Ba- 
TRACHIANS: 149 
A. Aglossa; or Tongueless Batrachians: Dactyle- 
thridae, Pipidae 150 
B. Opisthoglossae; or Tongued Batrachians: 151 
True Frogs — Ranidae 152 
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Horned and Land Frog — Gystignathidae 
Painted Frog — Discoglossidae. — Nurse Frog — Aly- 
tidcie 
Toads — Bufonidae 
I - Polypedatidae, Hylidae 
Tree-Frogs, | Pelodryadae (represented by the Blue Frog), 
or Phylldmedusidae (represented by the Bicolor 
Tree-Toads. | Tree-Frog) . . . ( 
I Hylaplesidae 
C. Proteroglossa; or Batrachians with Tongue free in 
front: Rhinophryne — Rhinophrynidae 
Sub-Order Batrachia Gradientia; or Crawling Ba- 
trachians: 
, c Salamandridae 
balaman- \ . 
< Plethodontldae (commencing - with Japanese 
dels. ^ Salamander) 
Order PSEUDOSAURIA; or FALSE BATRACHIANS: 
Gigantic Salamander, etc . — Protonopsidae 
Congo Snake, etc . — Amphiumidae 
Order PSEUDOPHIDIA; or FALSE SERPENTS (genus 
158 
159 
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168 
169 
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170 
175 
176 
179 
Caecilia). — Order PSEUDOICTHYAS ; or 
FISH-LIKE REPTILES 180 
Order MEANTIA, comprising odd forms of Crawling 
Batrachians: Proteidae 185 
Mud Eel — Sirenidae 186 
CLASS PISCES; OR FISHES. iss 
Order CHONDROPTERYGII; or SOFT -FINNED 
FISHES. — Sub-Order Eledtheropomi; otFree- 
Gilled Fishes: Sturgeon and Shovel-Fish — 
Acipenseridae 190 
Spoon-Bill Sturgeon — Polyodontidae 192 
Chimaeras — Ghimceridae 193 
Sub-Order Trematopxea; or Fishes with Gills fixed to Bars. 
— Sub-Section Squali, comprising Sharks and 
Shark-like Fishes: Dog-Fishes — Scyllidae 196 
Sharks — Squalidae 196 
Angel-Fish — Squatirddae 204 
Sub-Section Raii; or Rays: Saw Fish — Pristinidae . — True 
Rays — Raidae 206 
Order ACANTHOPTERYGII; or SPINE - FINNED 
FISHES: -Sticklebacks — Gasterosteidae 212 
Fishes with Compressed Body — Berycidae 216 
Perches — Percidae. . ^ 217 
Lip Fishes — Lcibridae 221 
Kakaan, Capeuna, Bodian — Pristipomidae 224 
Mullets — Mullidae 226 
Braize, Snapper, Gilt-Head, etc. — Sparidae. Scaly- 
Finned Fishes — Squamipinnes . — Chetodon ts — 
Ghoetodontinae 228 
Archer-Fish — Toxotina . — Chilodactyle — Girrhiiidae. 
— Gurnards — Triglidae .... 231 
Uranoscopus, Sting-Fish, Sillago — Trachinidae . . . . 238 
Tooth-Scaled Fishes — Sciaenidae 240 
B ecun a — Sphgraenidae 242 
Hair-Tailed Fishes — Tricliiuridae 243 
Mackerels — Scombridae 244 
Cordonnier, Rudder-Fish, Horse-Mackerel — Caran- 
gidae 249 
Sword Fishes — Xiphiidae.. 250 
Gobies — Gobiidae 251 
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