172 0UR REPTILES. 



(tail) fin, the base interrupted over the loins. Toes 

 separate, webbed, slightly finned." 



Our figure is taken from one of Dr. Gray's speci- 

 mens in the British Museum, courteously placed at 

 our disposal for this purpose. 



Here terminate the Amphibia, as represented in 

 the British Islands. It has already been observed 

 that most excellent herpetologists consider the 

 Amphibia in the light of a class distinct from the 

 Eeptilia. We have no doubt that this distinction 

 will continue to be maintained, as it appears that 

 recent investigations and discoveries tend more and 

 more to the dissociation of these two groups of 

 reptiles. 



TADPOLE OF NEWT. 



