144 SALAMANDRADA. 
Lacerta maculata, Sueprr. in Linn. Trans. VII. p. 53. Turron, Brit. 
Faun. p. 79. 
Salamandra punctata, Daun. Rept. VIII. p. 267. Larr. Salam. de France, 
p: 53, sp. 6, t. vi. f. 6. 
2 Triton Palustris, Laur. Spec. Med. pp. 39, 145, t. iv. f. 2. 
»  aquaticus, Fem. Brit. Anim. p. 158, sp. 7. 
» punctatus, Firzinc. Nat. Class. Rept. p. 66, sp. 8. Bonar. Icon. 
Faun. Ital. JENyNs, Brit. Vert. p. 304. 
Molge punctata, Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 186, sp. 4. 
Brown Lizard, PENN. Brit. Zool. III. p. 23, t. ii. 
Tue size of this small and common species would distin- 
guish it at once from the former in its adult state, and from 
younger individuals it may be readily known by the differ- 
ence of colour, and the absence of all warts and tubercles 
on the skin, which is, indeed, almost as smooth as that of 
the Frog. This latter character has led me to believe that 
the two forms might with great propriety be considered 
as generically distinct, upon the same principle as that 
which has led to the separation of the Toads from the 
Frogs; although it must be confessed that, in the latter 
case, the habits of the two groups offer a much greater 
discrepancy, the relations between the Frogs and Toads 
presenting rather an analogy with that between the smooth 
Newts and the true or terrestial Salamanders. Thus a 
tolerably continuous chain of affinity may be traced from 
the smooth Newts, through the tuberculated Newts, and 
the Geotritons of the Prince of Canino, to the true terres- 
trial form of the Salamanders, which last are even more 
strikingly characterized by a tuberculated and porous skin 
than either of the other forms. 
The Common, or Small Newt, is found in almost every 
ditch and pond, especially in those in which the waters 
are clean, in considerable numbers; and affords food to the 
larger species just described, as well as to different kinds 
of fish. Its own food consists of small aquatic insects, 
