1. Frog (Rana), Tro-Cortesianus 31a. 2, 3. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 101d. 4. Probably a toad (Bufo), Copan, Oblong altar (Maudslay, I, Pl. 114). 5. Frog or toad, Tro-Cortesianus 17b. 6. Frog and fish, Copan, Altar O (Maudslay, I, Pl. 85). 7. Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Lower Chamber (Maudslay, III, Pl. 46).
PLATE 8
AMPHIBIA, REPTILIA
1. God F representing a tree-toad (Hyla eximia), Tro-Cortesianus 26b. 2. Glyph evidently belonging to fig. 3, Tro-Cortesianus 26a. 3. Same as fig. 1, Tro-Cortesianus 26a. 4. Snake, Nuttall 6. 5. Same, Nuttall 45. 6. Same, Nuttall 37. 7. Snake used as head-dress of a woman, Dresden 39b. 8. Same, Dresden 23b. 9. Same, Dresden 43b. 10. Same, Dresden 22b. 11. Same, Dresden 9c. 12. Same, Dresden 15b. 13. Same, Dresden 18a. 14. Dresden 42a. 15. Same as figs. 7-13, Dresden 20a.
PLATE 9
REPTILIA
RATTLESNAKE (Crotalus)
1. Tro-Cortesianus 33b. 2. Nahua day sign, Couatl, Aubin 10. 3. Tro-Cortesianus 52c. 4. Tro-Cortesianus 40b. 5. Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Painted Chamber (Maudslay, III, Pl. 40). 6. Nuttall 29. 7. Glyph representing rattles, Tro-Cortesianus 106c. 8. Tro-Cortesianus 100d. 9. Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Painted Chamber (Maudslay, III, Pl. 40). 10. Nuttall 54.
PLATE 10
REPTILIA
SERPENTS
1. Tree snake (possibly Lachesis), Dresden 27c. 2. Nuttall 37. 3. Dresden 57b. 4. Nuttall 5. 5. Nuttall 37. 6. Nuttall. 7. Serpent in connection with long number series, Dresden 62. 8. Dresden 37b. 9. Dresden 40c.
PLATE 11
REPTILIA
SERPENTS
1. Large snake with conventionalized spots, Tro-Cortesianus 30a. 2. Tro-Cortesianus 31b.
PLATE 12
REPTILIA
IGUANA, LIZARDS
1. Iguana as offering, Tro-Cortesianus 105c. 2. Iguana, Tro-Cortesianus 3b. 3. Iguana, as offering with Kan, Dresden 43c. 4. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 107b. 5. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 6a. 6. Same, Dresden 29b. 7. Offering, possibly representing a lizard, Dresden 27b. 8. Same, Dresden 34a. 9. Lizard used for Uinal glyph, Copan, Stela D, gl. 4. (Maudslay, I, Pl. 48). 10. Nahua day sign, Cuetzpalin (lizard), Aubin 10. 11. Lizard, Dresden 3a. 12. Nuttall 10. 13. Offering, the portion with serrated margin possibly representing an iguana, Tro-Cortesianus 12b. 14. Lizard, Nuttall 2.
PLATE 13
REPTILIA
CROCODILE (Crocodilus)
1. Glyph of the Nahua day sign, Cipactli, Nuttall 1. 2. Crocodile represented by head and limb, Nuttall 36. 3. Same as fig. 1, Nuttall 1. 4. Same as fig. 1, Nuttall 4. 5. Same as fig. 1, Nuttall 9. 6. Same as fig. 1, Nuttall 47. 7. Same as fig. 1, Nuttall 1. 8. Nuttall 75. 9. Head of lizard or possibly crocodile used as a Uinal glyph, Palenque, Temple of the Foliated Cross (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 82, gl. 6). 10. Head of crocodile, Dresden 52b. 11. Head, possibly of a crocodile, Palenque, Temple of the Foliated Cross (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 82, gl. 0,[TN-20] 4). 12. Conventionalized head of a crocodile, Dresden 53b.
PLATE 14
REPTILIA
TURTLES
1. Turtle, Tro-Cortesianus 19b. 2. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 17b. 3. Swimming turtle, Tro-Cortesianus 17a. 4. Possibly representing a turtle, Nuttall 33. 5. Turtle, Tro-Cortesianus 81c. 6. Freshwater turtle (Chelydra) with leeches attached, Tro-Cortesianus 72b. 7. Glyph for fig. 3. 8. Glyph. 9. Glyph. 10. Glyph. 11. Turtle, Nuttall 43. 12. Turtle god, Aac, Dresden 49.
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