. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. B Ptyas mucosus (?).—Posterior (A) and haemal (B) aspects of a trunk vertebra ; from the Pleistocene of Madras. \. (From the ' Palgaontologia Indica.') Genus PILEMOPHIS, Pochebrune \ Allied to Tropidonotus, but distinguished by the more elongated costal processes and the axe-shaped neural spine. There is a small bourelet behind the zygosphene. The right to generic distinction may be doubtful. 1 The palseontological characters of the Ophidia b
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. B Ptyas mucosus (?).—Posterior (A) and haemal (B) aspects of a trunk vertebra ; from the Pleistocene of Madras. \. (From the ' Palgaontologia Indica.') Genus PILEMOPHIS, Pochebrune \ Allied to Tropidonotus, but distinguished by the more elongated costal processes and the axe-shaped neural spine. There is a small bourelet behind the zygosphene. The right to generic distinction may be doubtful. 1 The palseontological characters of the Ophidia being not yet worked out, in many instances no diagnosis of the groups is given. 2 Syst. Eeptilium, p. 26 (1843). 3 Erp<±tologie G-enerale, vol. vii. pt. 1, p. 180 (1854).—Preoccupied. 4 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 388 (1766).—Coluber. 5 Loc. cit. a Op. cit. p. 184. 7 Nouv. Archiv. d. Museum, ser. 2, vol. iii. p. 282 (1880).—Amended from Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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