SALAMANDRID.E. 513 



tibio-tarsal ai'ticnlation reaches the axilla or the commissure of the 

 jaws. Sides of body and upper surface of limbs with small smooth 

 warts ; no longitudinal glandular folds ; a fold from the eye to 

 the commissure of the jaws ; upper eyelid with small smooth warts 

 and a long conical tubercle or horn near its outer edge ; a group 

 of stellate bony deposits on each side of the parietal region ; smaller 

 dermal ossifications crowded on the anterior part of the back ; lower 

 parts smooth. Olive-brown above, temporal region darker ; lips, 

 eyes, and some of the larger warts on the body edged with black ; 

 a cross line between the orbits divides the head into a lighter anterior 

 and a darker posterior portion ; the warts on the upper surface 

 of the thighs whitish ; lower surfaces dirty white, chin blackish. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 5*5 inches. 



Hob. Discovered by M. Fea in the Kakhyen Hills, east of 

 Bharao. 



Order II. CAUDATA. 



Four (or two) limbs and a tail throughout life. Propodial bones 

 distinct. Frontal bones distinct from parietals ; palatines distinct 

 from maxillaries. 



In the tailed Batrachians the metamorphoses are less conspicuous 

 than in the Frogs and Toads, and some forms even retain the gills 

 permanently (Proteidce, Sirenidce). This order is essentially con- 

 fined to the Palaearctic and North- American Regions, but a few 

 species extend, favoured by elevation, into the mountains of the 

 Neotropical and Indian regions. In the latter region two species 

 occur an Amblystoma in the mountains of Siam and the curious 

 genus Tylototriton, described below. 



Family I. SALAMANDRID^E. 



No gills in the perfect state ; maxillary present ; both jaws 

 toothed ; eyelids developed. 



Genus TYLOTOTRITON, 



Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 423. 



Tongue small, subcircular, free on the sides and slightly behind. 

 Palatine teeth in two oblique series, meeting in front. A thick, 



2 L 



