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REPTILES, 
Pipa Surinamenses .— The Surinam Pipa. 
Plate LX XII. fig. 8. 
Body olivaceous, speckled with red; skin round the neck 
forming a wrinkled collar; abdomen brown, obscurely spotted 
with yellow. Seven inches long. Inhabits Surinam. 
Genus 5. — S AL A M A ND RA.— Brongniart. 
Generic Character. — Head depressed; body elongated; tail 
long, cylindrical in some species, and depressed in others; ears 
hidden, and with a minute cartilaginous plate upon the orifice; 
jaws with numerous small teeth, and two longitudinal rows of 
similar teeth in the palate ; tongue short, thick^ adhering to the 
under jaw; without a third eyelid; fore feet with four toes; 
hind feet with five. 
Section I.— Terrestrial. —Tail in the adult state rounded. 
Salamandra terrestris .— The Salamander. 
Plate LXXII. fig. 8. 
Head obtuse; head, body, and tail, deep black, variegated 
with irregular patches of bright orange-yellow. Eight inches 
long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 6.—PROTEUS.— Laurenti. 
Generic Character. —Body elongated, cylindrical; tail com¬ 
pressed; tongue short and thick, attached, except at the point; 
eyes excessively small, concealed by the skin ; fore feet with 
three divided toes ; hind feet with two, free, all destitute of 
claws; furnished with interior lungs and persistant branchiae. 
Proteus anguinus. — The Proteus. 
Plate LXXII. fig. 9. 
Body smooth, pale gray ; tail compressed; branchiae scarlet or 
carmine-red. Twelve inches long. Inhabits subterranean 
streams in Carneola. 
Genus 7.—SIREN.— Linnceus . 
Generic Character. —Body elongated, cylindrical; tail com¬ 
pressed ; tongue short, thick, and attached; two feet only, 
