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SALAMANDRA CIRRIGERA.—Green. 
Plate XV. 
Cuaracters. Head short; snout rounded; two barbels to the upper jaw, 
between the nostrils and lip; body above pale yellow, mottled with black points, 
and a dusky lateral line; tail compressed, longer than the body. 
Synonymes. Salamandra cirrigera, Green, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., vol. iv. p. 253. 
Salamandra cirrigera, Har/an, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 99. 
Description. The head is short, with the snout rounded or obtuse, and with 
two barbels or cirri nearly one-fourth of an inch long, in life, projecting from 
between the nostrils and upper lip. ‘The mouth is very small; the tongue is elon- 
gated, oval, thin, and very movable. The palate is armed with a transverse row 
of minute teeth that begin on each side at the inner and posterior margin of the 
posterior nares; behind these is a broad longitudinal group of exceedingly minute 
teeth that extend to the posterior border of the palate. 
The nostrils are anterior and far removed. 'The eyes are prominent and large, 
with a dusky pupil and golden iris. The neck is contracted, and has a transverse 
cutaneous fold at the throat. 
The body is elongated, but tolerably robust. The tail is longer than the body, 
compressed at the sides, tapering, and finally ends in a point. The anterior 
extremities are small, delicate, and terminate in four fingers; the posterior are 
larger, and sustain five toes. 
Corour. The head above is pale cream-colour, tinged with red; the upper 
Vor. V.—8 
