INDEX 



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Mecodonta, distriliution of, 95 ; defined, 



102 

 MerjaUxalus, 238, 24O 

 Megalophrys, 161 ; tadpole, 60 

 Megalosaurus, 416 ; M. bucklamU, 421 

 Megalotriton, S3 

 Melanerpeton, SI, "2S9 

 MelanobatracJms, 226, 22S 

 Mdosaurus, 287 

 Menobranchus lateralis, 132 

 Menopoma, 97 



Meuto-Meckeliaii cartilages, 30 

 Merohlastic eggs ; part of the egg only 



undergoes the process of cleavage, 53 

 Merrem, on classification, 8 

 Mesosauridae, 476 



Mesosaurus, ^/Vj ; J\[. tenuidens, ^76 

 Metamorphosis of Tadpoles, 56 f. 

 Metasternum of Aniira, 26, 25 ; taxonomic 



value, 141 ; definition, 26 

 Metatarsalia of Theropoda, 420 

 Metojnas, S3 



Mrfopoceros cornutus, 532 

 jMetriorhynchidae, 4^1 

 Metriorhynchus, atlas and axis, 283, 431, 



451 

 Metzdorif, on Axolotl, 113 

 Micrixalus, 24I 

 MicrogompJiodon, SOS, 309 

 MIrrolnjhi, 22S 

 Jlicrosauri, 2SS 

 Midwife-toad, 15S 

 Mimosa (plant), 629 

 Miolania, 390 



Mixophycs, 213 ; spawning, 213 

 Mixosaurus, limbs, 480, 481, 4S3 

 Molge — see Triton, 122 

 Moloch horridvs, 527, 527 

 Mongoos and Cobra, 629 

 Monitor, 543 



Morosaurus grandis, 41^ •' pehis, 419 

 Mosasauri, ^S'S f. 



Mosasaurus, 4S9 ; 3f. camperi, 4^"J 

 Moult of Geckos, 510 ; of Chameleons, 



571 ; of Snakes, 583 

 Jlud-diver, 165 . ■ 



Mud-turtle, 342 

 Mugger, 454 



Miiller, J., on classification, 8 

 Miillerian duct, 49, 51 

 Musical appreciation of Tortoises, 368 

 Mi/ohatrachus, 166, 167, 16S ; M. goiddi, 



IS4, 227, 236 

 Mf/striosaurus, 432, ^oi 



Nails or claws of Amphibia, 32 



JVaja, 626 ; iV. bungarus s. claps, 632 ; 



y. haje, 628, 632; iV. trijjvclians, 627, 



627 



Nannobatrachus, 238, 24O 

 Naosatirvs clariger, 30S 

 Natterjack, ISl 



Naultinus elegans, 506 



Neck, mode of withdrawing in Chelonia, 



328 f. 

 Nectes, 166, 16S ; X. subasper, 169 

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



tuberc^dosa, 169; iV. guentheri, 169; 



N. hosei, 169 ; X. misera, 169 

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



latus, 132 

 Neoteny, 63 f. ; defined, 64 

 Nephrostomes, 48, 49 

 Xephrurus asper, tail, 506 

 Nerves, spinal, of Amphibia, 38 ; cranial, 



39 

 Nest, of C'rocodiliis, 463 ; of Gavialis, 452 

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



suppression of plates, 324 ; in Pleuro- 



dira, 389 ; of Dermaicmys, 342 

 Neusticosaurus, 477 

 Newt, Common, 137 ; Crested, 125, 125 ; 



Marbled, 136 ; Spotted, 127 

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

 Nile Crocodile, 461 

 Nodosaunis, 430 

 Nose-horned Viper, 64O 

 Notaden, 166, 169 ; X. bennetti, 167 

 JVotcchis s«ntatus, 634 

 Nothosauri, 4^6 f. 

 Nothosanridae, 4'77 

 Xofhosavnis, 474 ; iY. jnirabilis, 477 

 Notocentrous vertebrae, defined, 19 

 Notochord = Chorda dorsalis, q.r. 

 Nototrema, 189; N. conmtuvi, 203; N. 



marsupiatum, 202; N. ovi/erum, 202; 



peculiar gills of embryos, 203 ; iV. 



Ijygmaeum, 202 ; N. testudinemn, 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 

 Nursing, habits, of.-J rthroleptis seychellensis, 



243 ; of Chiromantis rufescens, 244 ; of 



lihacoplwrus, 248; of PJiinodcrma, 228 



f. ; of Pijxi, 151 ; oUIyla faher. 196 f. ; 



of H. nebulosa, 198 ; of 77. gocldii. 198 ; 



of Xototrema, 203 ; of I'hyllomedusa, 



204 f. ; of Leptodactylvs, '219 f. ; of 



eggs by Desmognathus, 103, 103 ; by 



Autodax, 108 

 NyctibatracMis, 240 

 Nyctimantis rugicei)$, 189, 206 

 Xyctixidus, 238 



Occipital condyle, of Reptilia, 278 ; ex- 

 aggerated importance of, 285 ; of Thero- 

 morpha, 302 ; of Pareiasanri, 305 ; 

 of Cynognathus, 307 : of Craterouotns, 

 307 ; of Dicynodon, 310 ; of Eusnchia, 

 437 ; of Amphisbaenidae, 496 



Odontaglossa, 140 



Oligodon, dentition, 593 n. 



