TRITON.] AMPHIBIA CADUCIBRANCHIA. 303 



shire, and in two or three localities in Norfolk. Appears to affect dry 

 sandy districts. Of much more active habits than the Common Toad, 

 its pace being a kind of shuffling run : never leaps. Spawns later in the 

 season. 



Obs. Before concluding this family, it may be just stated, that 

 amongst the British species, Merrett has enumerated the Tree Frog, 

 (Ranunculus viridis, Pinax Rer. Nat. Brit. p. 169.) This, however, is 

 so obviously a mistake, that there is no occasion to dwell longer on the 

 circumstance. 



GEN. 3. TRITON, Laurent. 



4. T. palustris, Flem. (Warty Eft.) Body rough ; 

 with scattered pores ; a distinct lateral line of pores : 

 dorsal and caudal crests (in the male) separate; the 

 former deeply serrated. 



T. palustris, Flem. Brit. An. p. 157. Lacerta palustris, Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. torn. i. p. 370. Shepp. in Linn. Trans, vol. vn. p. 52. 

 Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 79. Salamandra aquatica, Ray, Syn. Quad. 

 p. 273. S. cristata, Latr. Hist. Nat. des Sal. de France, pp. 29, 

 & 43. pi. 3. f. 3. A. Warty Lizard, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. in. 

 p. 23. pi. 3. Warted Newt, Shaw, Nat. Misc. vol. vm. pi. 279. 

 Great Water-Newt, Id. Gen. Zool. vol. in. p. 296. pi. 82. 

 Salamandre cretee, Cuv. Reg. An. torn. n. p. 116. 



DIMENS. Entire length from five to six inches, rarely more. 



DESCRIPT. (Form.) Head depressed: snout obtuse and rounded: 

 gape extending a little beyond the eyes : teeth minute, sharp, slightly 

 hooked, forming a single row in each jaw, and two parallel rows on the 

 palate : a collar beneath the neck formed by a loose fold of the skin: fore 

 feet extending a little beyond the snout ; each with four flattened toes ; 

 third toe longest; second a little longer than the fourth; this last a 

 little longer than the first: hind feet, placed against the sides of the 

 abdomen, reaching to the carpus of the fore ; with five toes, more de- 

 veloped than those in front ; third and fourth toes equal, and longest ; 

 second longer than the fifth ; first shortest : tail about two-fifths of the 

 entire length ; very much compressed, with its upper and under edges 

 sharply keeled; of a lanceolate form, gradually tapering to an obtuse 

 point : skin warty, uniformly covered with scattered pores ; parotids 

 porous ; also a row of distinct pores on each side of the body, forming 

 a line between the fore and hind legs. Obs. In the male the abdomen is 

 rather shorter, compared with the entire length, than in the female / 

 the hind feet are somewhat larger and stronger ; the back, during the 

 spring, is ornamented with an elevated membranous crest, commencing 

 between the eyes, and running longitudinally down the mesial line to 

 near the tail ; this last is also furnished with a similar but separate mem- 

 brane along its upper and under ridges, causing it to appear at the base 



Ige occupying the plac 

 (Colours.) Upper parts blackish brown, with round spots of a somewhat 

 darker tint : breast and abdomen bright orange, or orange-yellow, with 



