514 SALAMANDEID^E. 



bony fronto-squamosal arch ; maxillary reaching quadrate ; ptery- 

 goid applied to maxillary. Toes five. Tail compressed. 

 A single species. 



125. Tylototriton verrucosus. 



Tylototriton verrucosus, Anders. P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 423 ; id. An. Zool. 

 Res. Yunnan, p. 848, pi. Ixxvi, fig. 6, & pi. Ixxvii ; Bouleng, Cat. 

 Bati: Orad. Sfc. p. 29. 



Palatine series of teeth forming a /y, commencing on a line with, 

 or a little in front of, the choanse. Head broader than long, sur- 

 rounded by a prominent osseous porous ridge ; a short similar ridge 

 along the parieials ; snout short, broad; eyes moderate ; no labial 

 lobes. Body 3 to 3| times the length of the head ; no dorsal 

 crest, but a broad prominent porous vertebral ridge, produced by 

 the great development and transverse expansion of the neural pro- 

 cesses of the dorsal vertebrae; a series of 15 or 16 knob-like porous 

 glands along the side, the last three behind the leg when it is ex- 

 tended at right angles to the body. Limbs moderate ; fingers and 

 toes free, depressed. Tail as long as head and body or a little longer, 



Fig. 141. Tylototriton verrucosus. 



strongly compressed, with an upper and lower crest, ending in 

 a point. Anal opening a longitudinal slit, the borders not much 

 swollen. Skin tubercular ; parotoids large, very distinct; a strong 

 gular fold. Uniform blackish brown, paler on the lips, snout, chin, 

 throat, and under surface of limbs ; lower edge of tail orange- 

 yellow. 



Total length 6 inches ; tail 3. 



Hab. Mountains of Yunnan, Kakhyen Hills, Sikhim. 



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