COMMON WARTY-NEWT. 



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Genus, Triton. Laur. 



Generic Character. — Tongue semi-globular, slightly free at each side, free 

 and pointed behind. Palate with a double longitudinal series of teeth. No 

 parotids nor glans along the back. Body covered with warty tubercles ; glan- 

 dular pores behind, and over the eyes, and a longitudinal series of distant similar 

 pores along each side. Toes without nails ; four on the anterior, and five on the 

 posterior feet. Dorsal and caudal crests (in the male) separate. 



COMMON WARTY-NEWT. 



GREAT WATER-NEWT. 



Triton cristatus. Laur. 



Specific Character. — Upper lip overhanging the lower, but without any 



distinct lobe. 



Lacerta palustris, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 370. Shaw, Gen. Zool. III. 



p. 298, t. lxxxii. 

 Salamandra aquatica, Ray, Syn. Quad. p. 273. 



„ cristata, Daud. Hist. Rept. VIII. p. 233. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 



(edit. 2.) II. p. 116. 

 Triton cristatus, Laur. Spec. Med. p. 39, et 146, sp. 44. Fitz. Class. 



Rept. p. 66, sp. 5. Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital. 



„ 2^ usiris -> Flem. Brit. An. p. 157. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 303. 



Molge „ Merrett, Syst. Amph. p. 187, sp. 8. 



Warty Lizard, Penn. Brit. Zool. Ill, p. 23, t. iii. 



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