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SALAMANDRA MACULO-QUADRATA. 



Plate XXVI. 



Characters. Head rather large; snout rounded; body elongated, stout, 

 dusky above, tinged with purple, and marked with two series of elongated, sub- 

 quadrate red spots; tail of similar colour, with a red mesial line. 



Description. The head is rather large, with the snout rounded; the nostrils 

 are anterior. The eyes are large and prominent, with the pupil black and the 

 iris golden, tinged with red. The neck is contracted, and has a transverse cuta- 

 neous fold at the throat. 



The body is elongated, but tolerably robust; the anterior extremities are small, 

 with four delicate fingers; the posterior extremities are nearly double the size, 

 and sustain five toes. The tail is longer than the body, compressed at the side, 

 tapering and ends in a point. 



Colour. The superior surface of the head is dusky, tinged with purple. The 

 back and tail are of similar colour, the former marked with two rows of small 

 elongated, subquadrate red spots, and the latter with a red mesial line. These 

 spots and lines are bright in young animals, but in adults they are much obscured. 

 The inferior surface of the whole animal is pepper-and-salt grey, with a strong 

 purple tinge; the upper surface of the extremities are dusky; the inferior are 

 dusky, tinged with purple. 



Dimensions. Length of head to anterior extremities, 7 lines; length of body to 

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