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SALAMANDRA SALMONEA.— Scorer. 



Plate VIII. 



Characters. Head large, flat; snout obtuse, truncated, 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. 



Synonyme. Salamandra salmonea, Storer, MSS. 



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

 square snout. The mouth is rather large; the tongue is small, sub-round, and 

 attached by a slender and rather short pedicle. The palatine teeth begin on each 

 side at the outer and posterior margin of the posterior nares, which are very 

 large; thence they run inwards and forwards to a line with their anterior border, 

 and then suddenly turn back and run parallel to each other throughout the whole 

 length of the palate. These teeth are all exceedingly minute and much arched 

 backwards. 



The nostrils are near its extremity, far apart, and antero-superior. 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 tail is longer than the body, 

 thick and rounded at the root, compressed laterally, and pointed at the tip. 



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



