INDEX 



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Mecodonta, distributiou of, 95 ; defined, 



102 

 MegalixaZus, 238, -24O 

 Megalophrys, 161 ; tadpole, 60 

 Megalosaurus, 416 ; M. hucklandi, 431 

 MfgalotrUon, SS 

 Mdanerpeton, 81, SS9 

 Melanobatrachus, 226, ^28 

 Mdosaums, 287 

 Menobranchus lateralis, 1S2 

 Menopoma, 97 



Meuto-Meckelian cartilages, 30 

 Meroblastic eggs ; part of the egg only 



undergoes the process of cleavage, 53 

 Merrem, ou classification, 8 

 Mesosauridae, 476 



Mesosaurus, Jf^G ; M. tenmdens, 4'^G 

 Metamorphosis of Tadpoles, 56 f. 

 Metasteruum of Anura, 26, 25 ; taxonomic 



value, 141 ; definition, 26 

 Metatarsalia of Theropoda, 420 

 Metopias, S3 



Metopoceros comuhis, 532 

 Metriorhynohidae, 4^1 

 Mdricrrhynchus, atlas and axis, 283, 431, 



451 

 Metzdorff, on Axolotl, 113' 

 Micrixalus, S4I 

 MicrogompJiodon, 308, 309 

 Microhyla, %%8 

 Microsauri, %88 

 Midwife-toad, 158 

 Mimosa (plant), 629 

 Miolania, 390 



Mixophyes, 213 ; spawning, 213 

 Mixosaurus, limbs, 480, 481, 483 

 Molgesee Triton, IBS 

 Moloch horridus, 627, 527 

 Mongoos and Cobra, 629 

 Monitor, S4S 



Morosaurus grandis, 4^^ / pelvis, 419 

 Mosasauri, 489 f. 



Mosasauriis, 4S9 ; J/, camperi, 4^0 

 Moult of Geckos, 510 ; of Chameleons, 



571 ; of Snakes, 583 

 Mud-diver, 165 

 Mud-turtle, 342 

 Mugger, 454 



Miiller, J., on classification, 8 

 Miillerian duct, 49, 51 

 Musical appreciation of Tortoises, 368 

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



IS4, 227, 236 

 Mystriosaurus, 432, 4^^ 



Nails or claws of Amphibia, 32 



Naja, 626; N. hungams s. daps, 63S ; 



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



627 

 Nannohatra.chus, 238, 24O 

 ^aosauTus daviger, 308 

 Natterjack, 181 



A'mdtimis elegans, 506 



Neck, mode of withdrawing in Chelonia, 



328 f. 

 JVectes, 166, 16S ; N. subasper, 169 

 Mctophryne, 166, 168; JV. afra, 169; jT. 

 ttiiermUosa, 169 ; N. guentheri, 189 ; 

 -iV. fwsei, 169 ; N. misera, 169 

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



latus, 132 

 Neoteny, 63 f. ; defined, 64 

 Ncphrostomes, 48, 49 

 Nephrurus asper, tail, 506 

 Nerves, spinal, of Amphibia, 38 ; cranial, 



39 

 Nest, of Crocodilus, 463 ; of Gamalis, 452 

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



suppression of plates, 324 ; in Pleuro- 



dira, 389 ; of Bennatemys, 342 

 Neusticosaicrus, 4-77 

 Newt, Common, 127 ; Crested, 125, 125 ; 



Marbled, 156 ; Spotted, 127 

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

 Nile Crocodile, 461 

 Noclosaurus, 430 

 Nose-horned Viper, 64^ 

 Notaden, 166, 169 ; N. iennetti, 167 

 Notechis scutatus, 634 

 Nothosa\iri, 476 f. 

 Nothosauridae, 477 

 Nothosaurus, 474 ; iV. mirabilis, 477 

 Notocentrous vertebrae, defined, 19 

 Notochord = Chorda dorsalis, q.i;. 

 Nototrema, 189; X. corntdiiin, 203; N. 



marsupiatum, 202; JSf. omferum, 202; 



peculiar gills of embryos, 203 ; N. 



pygmaeum, 203 ; iV. testudinmm, 202 

 Nuchal plate of Chelonia, 323 f. ; of 



Plenrodira, 389 

 Nuchal shield of Chelonia, 326, 327 ; of 



Pleurodira, 389, 399 ■ 

 Nuptial excrescences of Anura, 33 

 Niirsing,habits, otArthroleptis seychellensis, 



243 ; of Chiromantis riifescens, 244 ; of 



HMcnphnrus, 248 ; of Rhinoderma, 228 



f. ; of Pipa, 151 ; of Hylaf abet; 196 f. ; 



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



of Nototrema, 203 ; of Phyllomedusa, 



204 f. ; of Leptodaciylus, 219 f . ; of 



eggs by Desmognathus, 103, 103 ; by 



Autodax, 108 

 Nyctibatrachus, 24O 

 Nyctimantis rugiceps, 189, 206 

 Nyctixalus, 238 



Occipital condyle, of Reptilia, 278 ; ex- 

 aggerated importance of, 285 ; of Thero- 

 niorpha, 302 ; of Pareiasauri, 305 ; 

 of Qynognathus, 307 : of Crateronotus, 

 307 ; of Dicynodon, 310 ; of Eusuchia, 

 437 ; of Amphisbaenidae, 496 



Odontaglossa, 140 



Oligodmi, dentition, 593 u. 



