INDEX 



663 



drialis, breeding habits and develop- 

 ment, iiU4 ; Ph. iheringi, $05 ; breeding 

 habits, 206 

 Phylogeny, of Amphibia, 66 ; of Anura, 



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



515 ; of Ophidia, 592 

 Physignathus lesueuri, 5'Jo, 524 

 Pigment in the skin. Si 

 Pipa, 143, 144, 149 f., 150 

 Pit-Vipers, 644 

 Placodontia, Sll 

 Placodiis, 301 ; P. gu/as, 311 

 Plastron, of Chelouia, 315, 321, 321 ; 



provided with hinges, 323 ; sexual 



characters of, 331 ; movable in Emys, 



350 ; of Chelonidae, 321, 321, 322, 



380 ; of Pelomedusidae, 390 ; of Chely- 



didae, 399 ; of Trionychoidea, 406 

 Platecarpus, 490 

 Platemys, suppression of neural plates, 324 ; 



skull, 399 

 Plathander= Xt'nojms, I46 f. 

 Plotiirus fasciatits s. colubrinus^ 637 

 Platydactyla, 140 

 Platydactylus facetamis, 509, 508 

 Platyhyla, 236 

 Platypelis, 235, '^36 

 Platysternidae, SI4, 326, 345 

 Platysternum megacephalum, 345 

 Plectromantis, 212 

 Plesiochdys, 380, 389 

 Plesiosauri, 4'i'''^ f' 



Plesiosauria, ^75 f. ; vertebrae, 474 

 Plesiosauridae, 4~S 

 Phsiosaunts, 475, 47 S ; P. conyheari, 478 ; 



P. dolichodirus, ^75 

 Plethodon, 94, 96, IO4, 106 ; P. erythro- 



Tioius, 107 ; P. ghitinosus, 106 

 Plethodontinae, 102, 103 

 PUthodontohyla, 235, 236 

 Pleurodira, 313, 38S f. 

 Pleurosaurus, 294 

 Pleuro3ternum, 390 

 Plioplatecarpus, 439 

 Pliosauridae, 477 

 Pliosaurus grandis, 477 

 Plover, Egyptian, and Crocodile, 462 

 Podocnemis, 390, 391 ; P. expansa, 391 f. ; 



Bates, on habits of, 392 f. 

 Poikilothermous, defined, 67 

 Poison, of Amphibia, 37, 38 ; peculiar use 



of, 272 

 Poison-apparatus, of Heloderma, 540 ; of 



Snakes, 586 f. 

 Polacanthics, 4^S 

 Polychrus trmnnoratns, 529 

 Polyo(ffntophis, 605 n. 

 Portschinsky, 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 



Progmiochelys, 389 



Proganosauria, 476 



Proreptilia, 2S6 



Prosauri, 290 



Prosauria, 2SS 



Prostherapis, 24^ 



Protection of Amphibia by poison, 38 



Proteidae, 94, 96, 132 f. 



Proteroglossa, 140 



Proteroglypha, 825 



Proteus, 96 ; P. auguimis, 133, 134 



Protorosauri, 290, 304 



ProtcuvsccKrns lincki, 291 



Protosphargis, 336 



Protostega, 336 



Protriton, SO, 81 



Psammodrovms h ispanicns, 558; P. algirus, 



558 

 Psammosaurus, 543 

 Psepliodenna, 337 

 Psephophorus, 336, 337 

 Pseiidechi^ porphyriaceus, 634 

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

 Pseudohranchns, 96 ; P. striatns, 137 

 Pseudocentrous, defined, 79 

 Pseudophryne, 166, 167, 168; spawning, 



223 ; P. anstralis, 168 ; P. bibroni, 168 

 Pseudopns, aberrant scaling, 495 ; P. 



pallasi, 5S8 

 Pseudosphargis, 336 

 Pseudosucliia, 4S2 

 Ptenopus, 507 ; deserticolous, 494 

 Pteraiwdon longiceps, 487 

 Pteranodontes, 487 



Ptemohyla, 179, 189 ; P. fodiens, 207 

 Pterodactyl!, 486 

 Pterodactylus loiigirostris, 487 ; P. spect- 



abilis, 487 

 Pterosaiiri, 4^6 

 Pterosauria, 484 f* 

 Ptyas= Zamenis, 611 

 Ptychozoon, tail, 506 ; P. homcdocephalum, 



512, 512 ; adhesive apparatus, 505 

 Pubis, of Dinosaurs, 414, 424, 426 

 Putr Adder, 639, 639 

 Pygopodidae, 514, 567 

 Pygopus Jepidojin'^, 567 

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



regius=P. sebae, 601; P. reticvhitvs, 



598 ; P. spilotes, 598, 599 

 Pythoninae, 598 f. 

 Pythonomorpha, 4^7 f. 

 Pyxis arachnoides, 365 



Eadde's "law of the steppe," 493 

 Pana, 241, 249 f. ; sacral vertebrae, 22 ; 

 shoulder-girdle, 25 ; urino-genital organs, 

 49 ; Tadpoles' horny teeth, 58 ; vocal 

 sacs, 250 ; nxiptial excrescences, 250 ; 

 large glandular complexes, 250; distribu- 

 tion, 251 ; species with finger - discs. 



