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Coraulum Anftotelcs, xoJp.xo. Numcnius vccat,id falamandrini ampKibn gcnus,quoa pnar- 

 ma copolarum ofFic.nx fallo pro Scmco cxponere folcnt V imparum animal cffc compcnmus,ad- 

 roSralacrc^tn quo falamadriam cxcedit:Scmco multo mtnus, branchns pr.duum. pmms h^^^^^^ 



r hbus ca cns,caudam laxam & htam habcns.Silun modo(quoad paruum magno hcct confcrre) 

 mn.myquar;ofum.tcrgorcnigricantc.acglabro,tubcrcuhstamcnhorridulo,quodqucfacxlcglu- 



S pTeft dipuifquc attrcdatum^laaeum humorcm vt SalamaMra cmittit,qui nanbus admotus vi- 

 rukntum quidpiam rcfcrat:roftro obtufo, dcntibus afpcrionbus c6munuo,digitis antcriorum pc- 

 dum in qulcrnos, poftenorum in quinos articulos dmifis: quod dum pcr aquam fcrtur , pinnam 

 carnofam cng.t,oux a vcrticc fccundum dorfum vfquc ad caudam protcnfa,,pfam ambirc confpi- 

 c tur qTamobrJ fmuofo corporis impulfu, Siluri,AnguilI^ ac I^urcnx modo natarc foIct^Proin- 

 dcquMadciusimcriorcspartcs att.nct,linguamranx fluuiatiiis modo fpongiofam habct,qua 

 olutinis morc fac.lc ad os adducit hirud.ncs fluuialcs & tcrrcftrcs onifcos ac lumbncos,quibus pr^- 

 Luc vcfcitur: ob idq^ circa fauccs quidd£ vcluti carnofum ad lingux radicem illi cxtuberat . Ca:- 

 tcru coftis ac ftcrno.vt & falamandra caret,ofl^'quc pro fpinis gcrit,cor fpogiofum,dcxtro latcri in- 

 cumbcns,cuius auricula flniftra ma.orem pericardii partcm occupat: pulmonibus caret, branchns 

 cnim prxditus cft:hcpatc cft n,gerrimo,ad conuexam partem aliquantulum b,fido,licnc f ubrubro, 

 vcntricuh fundo adh-^rcnte:rcn,bus fpong.ofis.crunbus fcrc incumbentibus, qua in parte(& circa 

 fp,nam)carnofus tantCim compcntural.oqui ad pcaus,& fub vcntrc totus cutaneus cft : oua gent 

 in bicorni vulua per ordinem,vt in viuiparis cartilagineis difpolita,qus rufo quodam adipe touen 

 tur,exquibuspofteaviuosfatus,cofquenumerofos,vt&Salamandraexcludit. 



