POPULAR

HISTORY OF REPTILES;

OR,

AN INTRODUCTION

ΤΟ

THE STUDY OF

THE CLASS REPTILIA,

ON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES.

LONDON:

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY;
Instituted 1799.

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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

ORDER I. CHELONIA, or TORTOISES

1. Terrestrial Tortoises..

Genus Testudo

Homopus

Pyxis

Cinixys

...

II. Marsh Tortoises, or Emydes

Tribe 1. Cryptodera..

Genus Cistudo