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GRAY'S BANDED NEWT 



(Ommatotr'rton rittatus, Gray.) 



a be 



SKULLS OF NEWTS.* 



d 



The fourth species of British Newt (Plate 10, 

 Fig. 1 and 2) rests alone on the authority of speci- 

 mens in the British Museum, and is now considered 

 more than doubtful, but, with this reservation, we 

 have continued to include the record. The sole 

 habitat of this species for some time known was 

 Lycia, with the exception of the specimens in the 

 British Museum, said to have been collected by Dr. 

 Gray in the neighbourhood of London ; but more 

 recently it has been found to inhabit Holland, 

 Belgium, and France. Professor Bell described and 



* a. Triton cristatus. 

 c. Lophinus palmatus. 



h. Lophinus punctatus. 

 d. Ommatotriton vittatus. 



