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SALAMANDRA QUADRIMACULATA.—Holbrook. 
Plate XII. 
Cuaracters. Head rather large; snout rounded; body elongated, stout, dusky 
above, tinged with purple, and marked with two series of elongated, sub-quadrate 
red spots; tail of similar colour, with a red mesial line. 
Duscrivrion. The head is rather large, with the snout rounded. The tongue 
is round, and sustained on a short pedicle. ‘The palatine teeth are very minute, 
and begin on each side at the inner and posterior margin of the posterior nares, 
and run inwards to unite in the middle of the palate; half a line behind these 
begin two longitudinal groups, placed side by side, and broader behind. 
The nostrils are latero-anterior. The eyes are large and prominent, with the 
pupil black and the ims golden, tinged with red. The neck is contracted, and 
has a transverse cutaneous fold at the throat. 
The body is elongated, but tolerably robust; the anterior extremities are small, 
with four delicate fingers; the posterior extremities are nearly double the size, 
and sustain five toes. The tail is longer than the body, compressed at the side, 
tapering and ends in a point. 
Corour. ‘The superior surface of the head is dusky, tinged with purple. The 
back and tail are of similar colour, the former marked with two rows of small 
elongated, sub-quadrate red spots, and the latter with a red mesial line. ‘These 
spots and lines are bright in young animals, but in adults they are much obscured. 
