INDEX 



66 I 



Meeodonta, distribution of, 95 ; defined, 



102 



Megalixalus, 238, 240 

 Megalophrys, 161 ; tadpole, 60 

 Megalosaurus, 416 ; M. bucklandi, 4%1 

 Megalotriton, 83 

 Melanerpeton, 81, 289 

 Melanobatrachus, 226, 2 28 

 Melosaurus, 287 

 Menobranchus lateralis, 132 

 Menopoma, 97 



Meuto-Meckelian cartilages, 30 

 Meroblastic eggs ; part of the egg only 



undergoes the process of cleavage, 53 

 Merrem, on classification, 8 

 Mesosauridae, 476 



Mesosaurus, 476 ; M. tenuidens, JfiG 

 Metamorphosis of Tadpoles, 56 f. 

 Metasternum of Anura, 26, 25 ; taxonomic 



value, 141 ; definition, 26 

 Metatarsalia of Theropoda, 420 

 Metopias, 83 



Metopoceros cornutus, 532 

 Metriorhynchidae, Jf51 

 Metriorhynchus, atlas and axis, 283, 431, 



451 



Metzdorff, on Axolotl, 113 

 Micrixalus, 241 

 Microgomphodon, 308, 309 

 Microhyla, 228 

 Microsauri, 288 

 Midwife-toad, 158 

 Mimosa (plant), 629 

 Miolania, 390 



Mi.i-ophyes, 213 ; spawning, 213 

 Mixosaurus, limbs, 480, 481, 4^3 

 Molge see Triton, 122 

 Moloch horridus, 527, 527 

 Mongoos and Cobra, 629 

 Monitor, 543 



Morosaurus gra/adis, 419 ; pelvis, 419 

 Mosasauri, 4^9 f. 



Mosasaurus, 489 ; M. camperi, 490 

 Moult of Geckos, 510 ; of Chameleons, 



571 ; of Snakes, 583 

 Mud-diver, 165 

 Mud-turtle, 342 

 Mugger, 454 



Miiller, J., on classification, 8 

 Mullerian duct, 49, 51 

 Musical appreciation of Tortoises, 368 

 Myobatrachus, 166, 167, 168; M. goiddi, 



184, 227, 236 

 Mystriosaurus, 432, 4&1 



Nails or claws of Amphibia, 32 



Naja, 626; N. bungarus s. elaps, 632; 



N. haje, 628, 632; N. tripudians, 627, 



627 



Nannobatrachus, 238, 240 

 Naosaurus daviger, 308 

 Natterjack, 181 



Naultinus eleyans, 506 



Neck, mode of withdrawing in Chelonia, 

 328 f. 



Nectes, 166, 168 ; N. subasper, 169 



Nectophryne, 166, 168 ; N. afra, 169 ; N. 

 tubercidosa, 169 ; N. giientheri, 169 ; 

 N. liosei, 169 ; N. misera, 169 



Jfecturus, pelvis, 15, 96, 132 ; N. macu- 

 latus, 132 



Neoteny, 63 f. ; denned, 64 



Ncphrostomes, 48, 49 



Nephrunts asper, tail, 506 



Nerves, spinal, of Amphibia, 38 ; cranial, 

 39 



Nest, of Crocodilus, 463 ; of Gavialis, 452 



Neural plates, of Chelonia, 323 f., 322, 323 ; 

 suppression of plates, 324 ; in Pleuro- 

 dira, 389 ; of Dermatemys, 342 



Neusticosaurus, 477 



Newt, Common, 121 ; Crested, 125, 125 ; 

 Marbled, 136 ; Spotted, 121 



Newton, E. T., on fossil Reptiles, 303 u. 



Nile Crocodile, 461 



Nodosaurus, 430 



Nose-horned Viper, 640 



Nvtaden, 166, 169 ; N. bennetti, 167 



Notechis scutatus, 634 



Nothosauri, 476 f- 



Nothosauridae, ^77 



Nothosaurus, 474 ; N. mirabiiis, 477 



Notocentrous vertebrae, defined, 19 



Notochord = Chorda dorsalis, q.v. 



Nototrema, 189; N. cornutum, 203; N. 

 marsupiatum, 202; N. oviferum, 202; 

 peculiar gills of embryos, 203 ; N. 

 pyginaeum, 202 ; N. testudineum, 202 



Nuchal plate of Chelonia, 323 f. ; of 

 Pleurodira, 389 



Nuchal shield of Chelonia, 326, 327 ; of 

 Pleurodira, 389, 399 



Nuptial excrescences of Anura, 33 



Nursiug,habits, ofArthroleptis seychellensis, 

 243 ; of Chiromantis ntfescens, 244 ; of 

 Rhacophorus, 248 ; of Rhinoderma, 228 

 f. ; of Pipa, 151 ; ofHylafaber, 196 f. ; 

 of H. nebulosa, 198 ; of H. goddii, 198 ; 

 of Nototrema, 203 ; of Phyllomedusa, 

 204 f. ; of Leptodactyhts, 219 f. ; of 

 eggs by Desmognathus, 103, 103 ; by 

 Autodax, 108 



Nijctibatrachus, 240 



Xyctinuintis rugiceps, 189, 206 



Nyctixcdus, 238 



Occipital condyle, of Reptilia, 278 ; ex- 

 aggerated importance of, 285 ; of Thero- 

 niorpha, 302 ; of Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 of Cynognathus, 307 ; of Orateronotus, 

 307 ; of Dicynodon, 310 ; of Eusuchia, 

 437 ; of Amphisbaenidae, 496 



Odontaglossa, 140 



Oliyodon, dentition, 593 n. 



