BOOK IV.

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REPTILES.

SECTION I.--SERPENTS, OR OPHIDIAN REPTILES.

VIPER, or ADDER Coluber Borus { Vipera Berus.--_Daud._ } 495 { Pelias Berus.--_Merr._ }

HORNED VIPER Coluber cerastes { Vipera cerastes. Cerastes } 497 { Hasselquistii}

RATTLE SNAKE Crotalus horridus 498

HAJE Coluber Haje Naja Haje.--_Groff._ 499

COBRA DI CAPELLO Coluber Naja Naja tripudians.--_Merr._ 500

SNAKE Coluber natrix Natrix torquata.--_Ray._ 501

BOA Boa constrictor 502

AMPHISBÆNA Amphisbæna fuliginosa 503

SECTION II.--BATRACHIAN REPTILES.

FROG Rana temporaria 505

TOAD Rana Bufo Bufo vulgaris.--_Laur._ 507

SURINAM TOAD Rana Pipa Pipa Americana.--_Laur._ 509

NEWT Lacerta aquatica Triton aquaticus 510

GREAT NEWT Triton balustris 511

SECTION III.--SAURIAN REPTILES.

LIZARD Lacerta vivipara { Lacerta agilis.--_Briss._ } 512 { Zootoca vivipara.--_Wag._ }

IGUANA Lacerta Iguana Iguana tuberculata.--_Laur._ 513

FLYING LIZARD Draco volans 514

CHAMELEON Lacerta Chamæleon Chamæleo vulgaris.--_Cuv._ 515

CROCODILE Lacerta Crocodilus Crocodilus vulgaris.--_Cuv._ 517

ALLIGATOR, or CAYMAN Lacerta Alligator Alligator Lucius.--_Cuv._ 518

SECTION IV.-CHELONIAN REPTILES.

TORTOISE Testudo Græca 520

TURTLE Testudo midas Chelonia midas.--_Briss._ 521

HAWK’S BILL TURTLE Testudo imbricata Chelonia imbricata.--_Briss._ 523

LEATHERY TURTLE Testudo coriacea Sphargis coriacea 524