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SALAMANDRA LONGICAUDA.— Gree«. 



Plate XIX. 



Characters. Head narrow; snout rather pointed; body elongated, lemon- 

 coloured above, and marked with small, irregular, oblong, or round black spots; 

 tail more than twice the length of body, compressed at the sides, and marked 

 with transverse black bands. 



Synontmes. Salamandra longicauda, Green, Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Philad., vol. i. p. 351. 

 Salamandra longlcaudata, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 96. 



Description. The head is short, and the snout obtuse; the mouth is of mode- 

 rate size; 'the tongue is pediculated, oblong, and slightly notched posteriorly. 

 The palate is armed with minute teeth, which begin on each side behind the inner 

 margins of the posterior nares, and then run inwards and a little backwards to 

 unite in the middle of the palate; a line and a half behind this transverse row 

 begin two longitudinal series of teeth, which are continued in distinct groups to 

 the end of the palate, and separate more and more from each other posteriorly. 



The nostrils are lateral and near the snout. The eyes are small, but prominent, 

 the pupil black and the iris golden. The chin and neck are smooth, with a 

 strongly marked cuticular fold at the throat. The body is cylindrical, small and 

 delicate. The tail is twice the length of the body, compressed at the sides, and 

 exceedingly thin and slender. 



The anterior extremities are rather long and slender; there are four delicate 

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