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Show 1890.] HELODERMA SUSPECTUM. 241 (41) 1882. Y A R R O W (H. C.).-Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum, No. 24, pp. 9 & 48.-(Name of H. suspectum occurs in list of N.-American Reptiles.) (42) 1882. SCLATER (PHILIP LUTLEY).-Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 630.-(Remarks :-" 3. A Heloderm Lizard (Heloderma suspectum) from Arizona, presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.Z.S., July 16."' " This Lizard, which is new to the collection, is remarkable as belonging to the only positively known venomous form of the Lacertilian Order. It has been ascertained by actual experiment that its bite is fatal to small mammals.") (43) 1882. B O U L E N G E R (GEORGE ALBERT).-Loc. cit. p. 631.- (Remarks:-" I may add that Heloderma is probably not the only poisonous lizard. Lanthanotus borneensis, a pretty close ally of this lizard, described four years ago by Dr. Steindachner, exhibits, according to that author, a similar dentition.") (44) 1882. FISCHER (J. G.).-Anatomische Notizen fiber Heloderma horridum, Wiegm. Verhandl. des Vereins fiir naturw. Unterhaltung zu Hamburg, Bd. v. p. 2, plate iii. --(Comments upon and gives drawings of the poison-glands in the Heloderma.) (45)1882. H O F F M A N N (C. K.).-Reptilien : in Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. Bd. vi., iii. Abth. 30-32 Lieferung, pp. 890-892; and loc. cit. 33 and 34 Lieferung, Taf. lxxxxvii. fig. 2.-(The author reproduces Fischer's figure of the dissection of the poison-glands in a Heloderma, and comments upon them and the affinities of the Reptile.) (46) 1882. S H U F E L D T (R. W.).-"The Bite of the Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)." The American Naturalist, Philadelphia. November; pp. 907, 908.-(The author of the paper was severely bitten by an adult specimen of the Heloderma suspectum, and although much pain and grave symptoms immediately supervened, the results passed entirely away in a few days with barely any treatment.) (47) 1882. 'NATURE.' London. Vol. xxvii. No. 685; Dec. 14, pp. 153, 154, fig. 28.-(Some very excellent remarks upon the two species of Heloderma, and also a good woodcut of the reptile.) (48) 1882. F A Y R E R (Sir JOSEPH).-Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, p. 632.-(Has reference to the poisonous effects of the bite of the Heloderma.) (49) G A R M A N (SAMUEL).-The Reptiles and Batrachians of North America. Published by the permission of the Kentucky Geological Survey. P. xi.-(In some respects a good account of Heloderma, but a few of the statements made in reference to its habits do not apply, at least to H. suspectum.) (50) 1883. MITCHELL (S. WEIR) and REICHERT (EDWARD T.). -Medical News, Feb. 10, and Science, vol. i. no. 13, p. 372. -(Celebrated papers upon the examination of the poisonous effects of the bite of Heloderma.) |