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Index.
Galeot, American, P- 295
Gecko, divifum of 300
Green orefculent turtle, hifloryof, 278, 279
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employed as food, ib.
hiftory of, 282
Guana, divifion of, _ 294
great American, to.
hiftory of, ib.
H
Uayokjbill turtle, hiftory of, _ 279
yields tortoife ftiell, 280
method of obtaining
and preparing, ib.
Head, form of, 3°6
Heart, ftrufture of, not a diferimina-
ting chara&er 268
Hibernation of reptiles, 319
different from fleep, 320
Jaw, lower, never longeft, 307
Jaws of reptiles equal, 306
Infpiration, proeefs of, 311
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Kamtfchatka, no reptiles but lizards in, 315
fuperftition of natives in, ib.
Lacerta,
crocodilus
alligator,
gangetica,
iguana,
amboinenlis,
bafilifeus,
calotes,
agama,
bicarinata,
monitor,
acanthura,
lophura,
dracaena,
fuperciliofa,
feutata,
principalis,
itrumofa,
marmorata,
umbra,
pelluma,
azurea,
eordylus,
ftellio,
angulata,
orbicularis,
agiHs,
tegmxin,
erythrocepliala,
cemlea,
lemnifeata,
quadi iiineata,
teniolata,
290
ib.
291
293
294
ib.
295
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
296
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
297
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
298
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
erpetology.
Lacerta fexlineata, p. 298
fafeiata, ib.
quinquelineata, ib.
interpunftata, ib.
bullaris, ib.
cruenta, ib.
lobata, 299
heliofcopa, ib.
turcica, ib.
platura, ib.
plica, ib.
japonica, ib.
nilotica, ib.
tiliguerta, ib.
deferti, ib.
arguta, ib.
algira, ib.
velox, ib.
uralenfis, ib.
feps, 300
chamaeleon, ib.
africana, ib.
pumila, ib.
gecko, ib.
dubia, 301
perfoliata, ib.
mauritanica, ib.
finenfis, ib.
vittata, ib.
fimbriata, ib.
tetrada&yla, 302
caudiverbera, ib.
fchneideriana, ib.
fparmanniana, ib.
fpeftator, ib.
fcincus, ib.
rufefeens, 303
longicauda, ib.
mabouya, ib.
occidua, ib.
guttata, ib.
ocellata, ib.
falamandra, . ib.
vulgaris, 304
paluftris, ib.
aquatica, ib.
maculata, 305
chalcides, ib.
ferpens, ib.
anguina, ib.
apus, ib.
bipes, ib.
lumbricoides, 306
Legs of newt regenerated, 316, 317
Life, tenacity of, in reptiles, 320
Lizards proper, divifion of, 297
green, ib.
monitory, 295
prodigious number of, at
JBalbec, 303
fome viviparous, 314
fuperftition of the natives of
Kamtfchatka concerning, 315
Loggerhead turtle, _ 279
323
Loggerhead turtle, great ftrength and
fiercenefs of, p. 279
yields lamp oil, ib.
M
of reptiles, 320
calm and compofed, ib.
Monitory lizard, 295
extremely beautiful, ib.
N
Natter-jach, a fpecies of the toad, 287
Newt, divifion of, 3C3
common, hiftory of, 304
is viviparous, ib,
great water, tb.
common water, ib.
hiftory of, ib.
cafts its Ikin, ib.
fpotted water, 305
hiftory of calling its Ikin, 316
number of times, ib.
arm and leg, regenerated, ib.
progrefs of, ib.
another experi¬
ment, 317
tail of, regenerated, ib.
eyes of, regenerated, 319
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Oviparous quadrupeds, reptiles fo de¬
nominated, 268
Pipa, or Surinam toad, 288
hiftory of, fingular, ib.
Phyjio/ogy of reptiles, 306
R
Rana, 280
divided into three feclions, ib.
temporaria, 281
efculenta, ib.
pipiens, 282
catelbeiana, ib.
ocellata, ib.
virginica, ib.
ovalis, ib,
cyanophlyetis, ib.
fpinipes, N ib.
cerulea, 283
vefpertina, ib.
ridibunda, ib.
fitibunda, ib.
leveriana, ib.
ignea, ib.
fa) fa, ib.
paradoxa, ib.
zebra, 284
bicolor, ib.
leucophyllata, ib.
quadriiineata, ib.
caitanea, ib.
faJciata, ib,
arborea, ib.
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