INDEX 



663 



drialis, breeding habits and develop- 

 ment, 204 ; Ph. iheringi, 205 ; breeding 

 liabits, 206 



Phylogeny, of Amphibia, 66 ; of Anura, 

 142 f. ; of Reptilia, 282 ; of Lacertilia, 

 515 ; of Ophidia, 592 



Plujsignathus lesueuri, 5~3, 524 



Pigment in the skin, 34 



P(>Y, 143, 144, 140 f., 150 



Pit-Vipers, 644 



Placodoutia, 311 



Placodus, 301 ; P. gigas. 311 



Phistron, of Chelonia, 315, 321, 321 ; 

 provided with hinges, 323 ; sexual 

 characters of, 331 ; movable in £mi/.s, 

 350 ; of Chelonidae, 321, 321, 322, 

 380 ; of Pelomednsidae, 390 ; of Cliely- 

 didae, 399 ; of Trionychoidea, 406 



Plaiecarpus, 490 



Platemys, supi^ression of neural plates, 324 ; 

 skull, 399 



V\aX\\M\OniT- Xenopus, 146 f. 



Platiirus fasciatvs s. coluh-imis, 637 



Platydactyla, 140 



Platydactylus facetanus, 509, 508 



Platyhyla, 236 



Platypelis, 235, 236 



Platysternidae, 314, 326, 345 



PldtyMermiin iiny/acephahim, 3Jf5 



Plixtroviuintis, ~12 



Plesiochelys, 380, 389 



Plesiosauri, 4~~ f- 



Plesiosauria, 4~3 f. ; vertebrae, 474 



Plesiosauridae, 4^8 



Plesiosmirvii, 475, 4~S ; P. conyheari, 4^8 ; 

 P. dolichoiUrus, 4^8 



Plethodon, 94, 96, lOj, 106; P. erythro- 

 ■notus, 107 ; P. glutinosus, 106 



Plethodontinae, 102, 103 



Plethodontohyla, 235, 23G 



Pleurodira, 313, 388 f. 



Pleiirosaurvs, 294 



Pleuivstenmm, 390 



Plioplatecaipus, 489 



Pliosauridae, 477 



Pliosaurus grandis, 477 



Plover, Egyptian, and Crocodile, 462 



Podocnemis, 390, S91 ; P. exjxmsa, 391 f. ; 

 Bates, on habits of, 392 f. 



Poikilothermous, defined, 67 



Poison, of Amphibia, 37, 38 ; peculiar use 

 of, 272 



Poison-a]iparatus, of Ilelodermn, 540 ; of 

 Snakes, 586 f. 



Polncanthus, 4^5 



Polychriis marmorafus, 529 



Pii/yodontophis, 605 n. 



Portschinsk)', on parasitic flies, 177 n. 



Postpubis, of Dinosaurs, 414, 424, 426 



Pouchet, quoted, 571 



Predentary bone, of Dinosaur, 424 



Prehallux, of Anura, 28 



Prepubis, of Dinosaurs, 414, 424, 426 



Proganochelys, 389 



Proganosauria, 476 



Proreptilia, 2S5 



Prosauri, 290 



Prosauria, 288 



Prostherapis, 242 



Protection of Amphibia by poison, 38 



Proteidae, 94, 96, 132 f. 



Proteroglossa, 140 



Proteroglypha, 625 . 



Proteus, 96 ; P. anguinus, 133, 134 



Protorosauri, 290, 304 



Protorosavrus lincki, 291 



Protosphargis, 336 



Protostega, 336 



Protritnn, 80, 81 



Psammodromns hispanicus, 558; P. cdgirus, 



558 

 Psammosaurus, 543 

 P.trphtidcrma, 337 



l's.phni,hnr,lS, 336, 337 



I'fif'vilfch is jjiirphyriaceus, 634 

 Pseudis, 212, 213 ; P. paradoxa, 213 f. 

 Pseudobranchns, 96 ; P. striatus, 137 

 Pseudocentrous, defined, 79 

 Pseudophryiie, 166, 167, 168 ; spawning, 



223 ; pI australis, 168 ; P.hihroni, 168 

 Psei'dojJHS, aberrant scaling, 495 ; P. 



pjcdlasi, 538 

 Pseudosphargis, 336 

 Pseudosuchia, ^5^ 

 Ptenopus, 507 ; deserticolous, 494 

 Pteranodon longiceps, 487 

 Pteranodoutes, 487 



Pternohyla, 179, 189 ; P. fudiens, 207 

 Pterodactyli, 486 

 Pterodactylus longirostris, 487 ; P. spect- 



aUHs, 4.87 

 Pterosanri, 48'i 

 Pterosauria, 484 f- 

 Ptyas = Zamenis, 611 

 Pfychozoon, tail, 506 ; P. homalocejjhcdum, 



512, 512 ; adhesive apparatus, 505 

 Pubis, of Dinosaurs, 414, 424, 426 

 Puff Adder, 639, 639 

 Pygopodidae, 514, 567 

 Pygojyus lepidopus, 567 

 Python, 598 ; P. molurus, 600, 600 ; P. 



regius=P. sebae, 601; P. reticv.latus, 



598 ; P. spilotes, 598, 599 

 Pythoninae, 598 f. 

 Pythonomorpha, 487 f. 

 Pyxis arachnoides, 365 



Radde's "law of the steppe," 493 

 liana, 24I, 249 f. ; sacral vertebrae, 22 ; 

 shoulder-girdle, 25; urino-genital organs, 

 49 ; Tadpoles' horny teeth, 58 ; vocal 

 sacs, 250 ; nuptial excrescences, 250 ; 

 large glandular complexes, 250; distribu- 

 tion, 251 ; species with finger - discs. 



