PALMATED SMOOTH NEWT. 



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URODELA. 



SALAMANDRID^. 



PALMATED SMOOTH-NEWT. 



Lissotriton palmij^es. 



Specific Character. — Upper lip pendulous at the sides, overhanging the 

 under in a distinct festoon, as far as the base of the lower jaw. Toes of hinder 

 feet fringed with a short membrane at all seasons. 



Triton palmipes, Latr. Hist, des Salam. de Fr. 



Var. 

 Triton vittatus, Gray, MS. Brit. Mus. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 305. 



Icon. Quer. Iconol. du Reg. Anim. 

 Salamandre ceinturee, Latr. Salan. de France. 



It is now many years since I separated a specimen of a 

 British Newt from several specimens of the common species 

 in my own collection, with the conviction, from a consideration 

 of the markings only, that it was specifically distinct, but 



