16 Rept. 
IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
REPTILIA. 
A. S. Woodward, in the Article ‘ Reptiles ’, Encyclop. Britann. xxxii, 
pp. 215-220, figg., reviews the principal groups, with special reference 
to fossils. 
F. von Hdene, Pal. Abh. (2) vi, pp. 1-84, figg., pis. i-ix, reviews our 
knowledge of Triassic Reptiles. 
F. Beguin, Rev. Suisse Zool. x, pp. 251-397, pis. iv-ix, has investigated 
the histological structure of the digestive tract of various types of 
Reptiles. 
P. Unterhossel & K. Hellmuth, Morphol. Jahrb. xxx, pp. 541-613, figg., 
pi. viii, have investigated the morphology of the cloaca and penis in 
Reptiles. 
Fanny Moser, Arch. mikr. Anat. lx, pp. 587-668, figg., pis. xxx-xxxiii, 
deals with the development of the lungs. 
Marie Loyez, Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) iv, pp. 63-76, figg., writes on the 
first stages in the development of the ovum in Lacertilia and 
Chelonia. 
R. Henne, Zool. Anz. xxv, pp. 167-172, remarks on the habits of the 
Reptiles of the Malay Archipelago. 
R. H. Kahn, Arch. Physiol. 1902, pp. 29-52, figg., has made experiments 
on the respiration of Reptiles. 
J. P. Langlois, C.R. Soc. Biol, liv, pp. 2-4, remarks on the effects of 
extreme heat on Reptiles. 
SQTJAMATA. 
A. Prenant & G. Saint-Remy, C.R. Ac. Sci. cxxxiv, pp. 614-616, and 
cxxxv, pp. 62 & 63, write on the evolution of the branchial deriva¬ 
tives in Colubrid Snakes and in Lizards. 
LACERTILIA. 
F. Schaefer, Arch. Naturg. lxviii, pp. 27-64, pis. iii & iv, has investigated 
the structure and distribution of the femoral pores in the Lacertilia, 
and reviews our previous knowledge of these structures. 
E. Lonnberg, Bill. Svenska Ak. xxviii, iv, No. 8, has examined the diges¬ 
tive tract in a great number of Lacertilia of various families, with 
special relation to their diet. 
C. Tecqmenne, Anat. Anz. xxi, pp. 278-292, figg., writes on the develop¬ 
ment of the ventral pancreas in Lacerta muralis. 
G. Salvi, Bibliog. anat. x, pp. 131-137, figg., writes on the origin, the 
relations, and the signification of the premandibular cavities and the 
lateral pits of the hypophysis in various Lacertilia. 
A. Policard, Bibliog. anat. xi, pp. 137-144, figg., writes on spermato¬ 
genesis in Lacerta muralis. 
F. Weitlander, Yerh. Ges. Wien lii, pp. 328-332, has observations on the 
adhesive function of the digits of Geckos. 
On bipedal locomotion in Lizards : E. E. Green, Nature lxvi, p. 492 ; 
Rose H. Thomas, t. c. p. 551 ; N. Annandale, t. c. p. 577 ; W. 
Saville-Kent, t. c. p. 630. 
Geckonida:. 
Stenodactylus elegans , var. mauritanica , Guich. On a specimen from 
Cameroon, Tornier, Zool. Jahrb, Syst. xv, p. 665. 
