514 



SALAMANDBIDjE. 



bony fronto-sqnamosal arch ; maxillary reaching quadrate ; ptery- 

 goid applied to maxillary. Toes five. Tail compressed. 

 A single species. 



125. Tylototriton verrucosus. 



Tylototriton verrucosus, Anders. P. Z. >S'. 1871, p. 423; id. An. Zool. 

 Res. Yunnan, p. 8J8, pi. Ixxvi, fig. G, & pi. Ixxvii ; Bou/en(/. Cat. 

 Batr. Grad. S,-e. p. 29. 



Palatine series of teeth forming a ^, commencing on a line with, 

 or a little in front of, the choanfe. Head broader than long, sur- 

 rounded by a prominent osseous porous ridge ; a short similar ridge 

 along the parictals ; snout short, broad ; eyes moderate ; no labial 

 lobes. Body 3 to 3^ times the length of the head ; no dorsal 

 crest, but a broad prominent porous Aertebral ridge, produced by 

 the great develojnneiit and trans^■erse expansion of the neural pro- 

 cesses of the dorsal vertebrae ; a series of 15 or 16 hnob-like porous 

 glands along thi' side, the last three behind the leg when it is ex- 

 tended at right angles to the body. Limbs moderate ; fingers and 

 toes free, depi-essed. Tail as long as head and body or a little longer. 



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Fig. 141. — Tylototriton verrucosus. 



strongly compressed, with an upper and lower crest, ending in 

 a point. Anal opening a longitudinal slit, the borders not much 

 swollen. Nldn tubercular; parotoids large, very distinct; a strono- 

 gular fold. Uniform blackish brown, paler on the lips, snout, chin, 

 thront, and under surface of limbs; lower edge of tail orano-e- 

 ycllow. 



Total length 6 inches ; tail 3. 



lUd<. Mountains of Yunnan, Kakhven Hills, Sikhim. 



