170 OUR REPTILES. 



[Triton cri&tatus). It agrees with it in having the 

 crest interrupted over the loins, and chiefly differs 

 from it in having smaller tubercles, and in colour. 

 It is easily known both from S. palustris (Triton 

 cristatus) and from Triton (Lophinus) punctatus by 

 the wide black-edged white streak along the lower 

 part of each side of the body, &c. The head is 

 much larger, and more depressed, than that of any 

 of the varieties of T. punctatus. 



66 The species is found in Holland and Belgium as 

 well as here. It must be very local in this country, 

 as I have seen no specimens since those I caught 

 some thirty years ago." 



Whilst debating as to the propriety of including 

 this species amongst " Our Reptiles/' we communi- 

 cated with Dr. Gray on the subject, to which he 

 replied : — " Triton vittatus, Gray, is not only a 

 distinct species, but a distinct genus from any of 

 our European Tritons, characterized by the form of 

 the skull and the large size of the orbits." 



On referring to a paper on the Salamandrines, 

 published by Dr Gray in 1858, we found that after 

 giving England, the North of France, and Belgium, 

 as localities for this species, he makes the following 

 observations: — "Mr. Bell, in his 'British Reptiles,' 

 gives a good figure of one of my specimens of this 

 species, which he is convinced * is to be considered 

 as a variety of the Palmate Newt. The osteological 



