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EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
Index.
Plate CCVIL
Fig. T. Teftudo Grseca, Common land Tortoife,
page 270.
Fig. 2. Teftudo Mydas, Green Turtle, page 278.
Fig. 3. Rana Efculenta, Green or Eatable Frog,
page 281.
Fig. 4. Rana Arborea, I'm- Frog, page 284.
Fig. 5. Rana Pipa, Surinam Toad, female, page
288.
Fig. 6. Draco Volans, Flying Dragon, page 289.
Plate CCVIII.
Fig. 7. Lacerta Crocodilus, Common Crocodile, page
290.
Fig. 8. Lacerta Alligator, Alligator or American
Crocodile, page 291.
Fig. 9. The Young Alligator proceeding from the
egg*
Fig. 10. Lacerta Chamaeleon, Common Chameleon,
page 300.
Fig. 11. Lacerta Salamandra, Salamander, page 303.
Plate CCIX.
Fig. 12. Skeleton of the Turtle.
Fig. 13. Skeleton of the Frog.
Fig. 14. Skeleton of the Crocodile.
Fig. 15. Skeleton of the Gray Lizard.
Fig. 16. Skeleton of the Chameleon.
INDEX.
A
Abdomen, p. 3o8
Abjlmence of reptiles, 320
of the toad, ib.
Age of reptiles, ib.
toad and tortoife, ib.
turtle, ib.
crocodile, ib.
Alligator, 291
hiftory of, by Catelby, ib.
by Ulloa, 292
Anatomy of reptiles, 306
Anus, 308
includes the parts of genera¬
tion,
Apodal lizard,
Arms of newt regenerated,
B
BaJiliJ'k, fpecies of lizard,
error concerning,
Biped lizard,
Breeding time of frog,
turtle,
alligator,
Bullfrog,
Angular for the found
its voice,
popular notion of,
ib.
3°5
316
of
295
ib.
305
313
S'f
ib.
282
ib.
ib.
C
Calipofh of the turtle,
Calipee,
Chalcides lizards,
annulated,
Chameleon, divifion of,
hiftory of,
tongue, ftru&ure of,
culiar,
changes of colour.
308
ib.
3°J
ib.
300
ib.
pe-
ib.
ib.
Chameleon, errors concerning this
change, and its abfti-
nence, p. 300
CharaBers, generic, 269
Circulation of the blood in reptiles, 311
its peculiarity, ib.
ClaJJification of different naturalifts, 269
Common frog, 281
hiftory of, ib.
Cordyles, divifion of, 297
lizard, ib.
Crocodile, common, 290
hiftory of, ib.
lefs formidable than repre-
fented, 291
hunted with dogs, ib.
kept by the African mo-
narchs, ib.
exhibited by the Romans, ib.
American, or alligator, ib.
hiftory of, ib. and 293
Gangetic or Indian, 291
D
Draco, 289
volans, ib.
praepos, ib.
Dragon, flying, ib.
hiftory of, ib.
American, ib.
a fiftitious monftef, 290
hiftory of an artificial one,
at Oxford, ib.
one at Hamburgh, ib.
E
Ears of reptiles,
Eatable frog,
hiftory of.
3°7
281
ib.
Eft, divifton of,
Eggs, fize of,
coverings,
of turtle ufed as food,
of alligator alfo as food,
Enemies of reptiles,
Erpeto/ogy, introduction to,
ftudy of, important,
Expiration, procefs of,
Eyes of reptiles,
newts regenerated,
F
V-PS
ib.
315
ib,
ill
267
268
212
3°7
319
Feet of reptiles refemble thofe of
quadrupeds, 308
are furnilhed with toes, ib.
bones of, 309
Frog, common, 281
hiftory and changes of, ib,
tadpole, the larva of, ib.
ftrufture of, ib.
food of, ib.
green, or eatable, ib.,
employed as food, tb.
bull, 282
remarkable for the founds
it emits, ib-
popular notion of, in Ame¬
rica, ib>
paradoxical, 283
tadpole, lingular appearance of, 28^
tree, ib>
peculiar ftrudture and eco¬
nomy, 283
changes on, and habits of, in
breeding feafon,
ova, defcription of, ^
G
Galeot lizard,
295
Galeot^