INDEX 



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Mecodonta, distribution of, 95 ; defined, 



102 



Megalixalus, 238, 240 

 Megalophrys, 161 ; tadpole, 60 

 Megalosaurus, 416 ; M. bucklandi, 4^1 

 Megcdotriton, 83 

 Melanerpeton, 81, 289 

 Melanobatrachus, 226, 228 . 

 Melosaurus, 287 

 Menobranchus lateralis, 132 

 Menopoma, 97 



Mento-Meckelian cartilages, 30 

 Meroblastic eggs ; part of the egg only 



undergoes the process of cleavage, 53 

 Merrem, on classification, 8 

 Mesosauridae, ^7 '6 



Mesosaurus, 1/76 ; M. tenuidens, JfiQ 

 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, 451 

 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 



Mixophyes, 213 ; spawning, 213 

 Mixosaurus, limbs, 480, 481, 483 

 Molge see Triton, 122 

 Moloch horridus, 527, 527 

 Mongoos and Cobra, 629 

 Monitor, 543 



Morosaurus grandis, 419 ; pelvis, 419 

 Mosasauri, 489 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. gouldi, 



184, 227, 236 

 Mystriosaurus, 432, 451 



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 elegans, 506 



Neck, mode of withdrawing in Chelonia, 



328 f. 



Nectes, 166, 168 ; N. subasper, 169 

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



tuberculosa, 169 ; N. guentheri, 169 ; 



N. hosei, 169 ; N. misera, 169 

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



latus, 132 



Neoteny, 63 f. ; defined, 64 

 Nephrostomes, 48, 49 

 Nephrurus 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, 127 ; Crested, 125, 125 ; 



Marbled, 126 ; Spotted, 127 

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

 Nile Crocodile, 461 

 Nodosaurus, 430 

 Nose-horned Viper, 640 

 Notaden, 166, 169 ; N. bennetti, 167 

 Notechis scutatus, 634 

 Nothosauri, 476 f. 

 Nothosauridae, 477 

 Nothosaurus, 474 ; N. mirabilis, 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. 



pygmaeum, 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 

 Nursing, habits, ofArthroleptis seychellensis, 



243 ; of GhiTomantis rufescens, 244 ; of 



Rhacophorus, 248 ; of Rhinoderma, 228 



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



of H. nebulosa, 198 ; of H. goeldii, 198 ; 



of Nototrema, 203 ; of Phyllomedusa, 



204 f. ; of Leptodactylus, 219 f . ; of 



eggs by Desmognathus, 103, 103 ; by 



Autodax, 108 

 Nyctibatrachus, 240 

 Nyctimantis rugiceps, 189, 206 

 Nyctixalus, 238 



Occipital condyle, of Reptilia, 278 ; ex- 

 aggerated importance of, 285 ; of Thero- 

 morpha, 302 ; of Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 of Cynognathus, 307 ; of Crateronotus, 

 307 ; of Dicynodon, 310 ; of Eusuchia, 

 437 ; of Amphisbaenidae, 496 



Odontaglossa, 140 



Oligodon, dentition, 593 n. 



