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NORTH AMERICAN BATRACHIA AND REPTILIA. 
Labials — Plates that border the month, except the rostral. 
Loral — A plate between nostril and eye, whose longest dimen- 
sion is longitudinal. 
Mandible — The lower jaw. 
Marginal plates — Those around the margin of the carapace. 
Maxillary bones — Those at side of upper jaw, and separated in 
front by premaxillaries. 
Metacarpals — Long bones in hand separating the carpals from 
the phalanges. 
Metatarsals — Bones in foot separating tarsals from phalanges. 
Nares — Openings of nose, external and internal. 
Nasal — Pertaining to the nose. 
Nasal plates — Those about the external nares. 
Neural spine — The median dorsal spine of the vertebrae. 
Nuchal — Pertaining to nape of neck. 
Occipital plates — Those behind the vertical. 
Ocellated — With eye-like spots, usually round with a lighter 
border. 
Opisthocoelian — Said of the vertebrae when concave on the pos- 
terior end only. 
Palatine teeth — Those on the palate bone; generally on anterior 
part of mouth. 
Palmate — W ebbed. 
Papillose — Covered with papillae or small fleshy projections. 
Parotoid — A projecting gland behind jaw on side of neck. 
Phalanges— The, bones which form the fingers and toes. 
Pectoral arch — The bones that support the fore limbs, as the 
clavicle, coracoid and scapula. 
Pedicellate — With a stem, stalk, or foot. 
Penultimate — Next to the last. 
Plantar tubercles — Tubercles on the soles of the feet. 
Plastron — The abdominal shield of turtles, 
j Fleur apophyses — The true ribs or their homologues. 
Plicae of tongue — Folds or grooves on the surface. 
Plicate — Transversely folded or wrinkled. 
Pollex — Thumb. 
Postfrontal plate — One in front of vertical. 
