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TRITON INGENS.—Green. 
Plate XXIX. 
Cuaracters. Head large, depressed; snout full and rounded; body bluish 
slate-colour, with light ash-coloured sub-ovate spots; tail large, broad, much 
compressed; fingers four, slightly palmated at roots; toes five, slightly palmated, 
external toe fimbriated, as in Menopoma. F 
Synonyme. Salamandra ingens, Green, Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Philad., vol. vi. p. 254. 
Description. The head is very large, rounded at the snout, and flattened 
above. The mouth is large; the tongue is broad, circular, extensively attached, 
and is only slightly movable at its anterior and lateral margins. The palatine 
teeth are arranged in three groups transversely, a small group behind the posterior 
nares, with a larger group occupying the middle of the palate. 
The nostrils are antero-superior and very near the snout. The eyes are large 
and prominent, with a black pupil and dusky-grey imis. 
The neck is contracted, and has a large transverse fold at the throat. The 
body is large and sub-cylindrical. ‘The tail is stout, longer than the body, much 
compressed laterally, and terminates in a rounded extremity. 
The anterior extremities are short, thick, and sustain four fingers, slightly 
palmated at their roots. The posterior extremities are much larger, and termi- 
nate in five toes, the external of which is fimbriated on its outer margin. 
Vor. V.—12 
