COMMON WARTY-NEWT. 129 
URODELA. SALAMANDRADE. 
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. Ixxxii. 
Salamandra aquatica, Ray, Syn. Quad. p. 273. 
es cristata, Daup. Hist. Rept. VIII. p. 233. Cuv. Rég. Anim. 
(edit. 2.) II. p. 116. 
Triton cristatus, Laur. Spec. Med. p. 39, et 146, sp. 44. Firz. Class. 
Rept. p. 66, sp.5. Bonar. Icon. Faun. Ital. 
» palustris, Fuem. Brit. An. p. 157. JENyNs, Brit. Vert. p. 3038. 
Molge es MeErRETT, Syst. Amph. p. 187, sp. 8. 
Warty Lizard, Penn. Brit. Zool. III, p. 23, t. iii. 
