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SALAMANDRA SALMONEA.— ^S/orer. 

 Plate XXII. 



Characters, Head large, flat; snout obtuse, with a salmon coloured line on 

 each side to the orbits; body and tail yellowish-brown above; salmon colour, with 

 a tinge of yellow at the sides. 



Stnonymes. Salamandra salmoiiea, Storer, manuscript notes communicated to me. 



Description. The head is large and flattened above, with a broad, almost 

 square snout; the nostrils are near its extremity, and far apart. The eyes are 

 very prominent and large, the pupil deep black, the iris shining copper colour. 

 The skin of the chin and neck is smooth, with a transverse fold. 



The body is cylindrical and much elongated. 



The anterior extremities are short and small, with four fingers, distinct, the 

 second and third longest. The posterior extremities are twice the size of the 

 anterior, and terminate in five toes, distinct, the third and fourth longest. The 

 tail is longer than the body, thick and rounded at the root, compressed laterally, 

 and pointed at the tip. 



Colour. The head is yellowish-brown above, and salmon colour at the sides, 

 with a very bright decurved salmon coloured line extending from the nostril to 

 the superior part of the orbit of the eye. The upper jaw is pale salmon colour, 

 with a few brown spots; the lower is nearly white, or palest flesh colour. 

 The chin and throat are white. The upper surface of the body and tail is 



