REPTILIA. 143 
pp. 145-184; with a plate representing the heads of the 
three European vipers. 
A paper of local interest, written with special regard to ques- 
tions put by a commission, composed of members of the French 
Society of Acclimatization, to investigate the distribution of the 
vipers in France and the means of exterminating them (see p. 156, 
Report by M. Soubeiran). The author enumerates and de- 
scribes Tropidonotus nairioo and viperinus^ Coi'onella IcRvis^ Colu- 
ber cRsmlapit, Viper a aspis, and Pelias heruSy also Anguis fra- 
gilis. Zamenis viridiflavus and Coluber quadrilineatus are 
mentioned as doubtful inhabitants of this Departement.” 
Strauch, a. Die Verbreitung der Schildkroten iiber den 
Erdball. Mem. Acad. Sc. St. Petersb. 1865, viii. pp. 207. 
[The distribution of Chelonians on the globe’s surface.] 
We shall give an abstract of this memoir in the special part of 
this Record. 
WiED, Max Prtnz zu. Verzeichniss der Reptilien welche auf 
einer Reise im nbrdlichen America beobachtet wtirden. 
Nov. Act. Acad. Leopold. Carol. Nat. Curios, xxxii. 1865, 
pp. 144, pis. 1-7. 
[Catalogue of Reptiles observed on a voyage in North Ame- 
rica.] 
The author treats of sixteen Tortoises, four Lizards, twelve 
Snakes, and sixteen Batrachians. Most of them are deseribed in 
detail from specimens of various ages ; much attention is paid to 
the coloration during life, and this character is regarded by the 
author as one of great importance for specific distinction. 
Several are described as new. The figures are coloured and 
taken from living examples. We shall refer to the several 
species in the special part of our Record. 
D. Anatomical Publications. 
Baudelot, — . Recherches experimentales sur Fencephale de 
la Grenouille. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1865, hi. pj). 5-10. 
Beale, L. S. New observations upon the minute anatomy of the 
papillje of the Frog’s tongue. Philos. Trans. 1865, pp. 443- 
458, pis. 21 and 22. 
Bruiil, C. B. Laqueus OweniimiA Laqueus tympanicus petrosi, 
ein Nachtrag zu meiner Sehrift, Das Skelet der Krokodi- 
liuen ; nebst einem Anhange : 1 . Der Laqueus Owenii der 
Reptilien und Vogel und sein Verhiiltniss zu deren Cochlea 
ossea. 2. Bemerkungen fiber den Wien, 
1865. 4to, pp. 21, with three plates. 
