COMMON WARTY-NEWT. 



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URODELA. 



SALAMANDUIDA!:. 





Genus, Triton. Laur. 



Generic Character. — Tongue semi-globular, slightly free at each side, free 

 and pointed behind. Palate witli a double longitudinal series of teeth. No 

 parotids nor glands 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, loes without nails ; four on the anteiior, 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 aquatira, Rav, Syn. Quad. p. 273. 



,, cristuta, Daud. Hist. Rept. VIII. p. 233. Cuv. Reg. Anim, 



(edit. 2.) II. p. 116. 



