8 



BALAMANDKIDa:. 



No cutaneous lateral fold ; lower surfaces 



orange, black-spotted 9. boscce, p. 18. 



Parotoids generally very prominent ; 



blackish above ; carmine beneatb, 



black-spotted 10. pyrrliogastra, p. 19. 



Loreal region nearly vertical ; brown 



above ; bluish black beneath, with yel- 

 low (red) spots 11. sinensis, p. 20. 



Head with three longitudinal grooves ; 



three large pores on each side of the 



head, behind the eyes 13. viridescens, p. 21. 



2. Head much depressed. 



a. Palatine teeth commencing on a line with the choanse. 



Vent-opening longitudinal ; tongue at- 

 tached behind 12. torosa, p. 20. 



Cloaca conical, with circular opening; 



male with a fibular spur 15. rusconii, p. 24. 



Cloaca conical in the female, globular in 



the male, with circular opening; no 



fibular spur 16. aspera, p. 24. 



Tent-opening longitudinal : tongue free 



behind ; palatine teeth forming a Q ; 



contour of lower law semicircular . . 17. jooireti, p. 25. 

 Vent-opening longitudinal; tongue free 



behind ; palatine teeth forming a ^ ; 



contour of lower jaw semielliptical .. 13. hagenmuelleri, p. 26. 



6. Palatine teeth commencing in front of the line of 

 the choanae. 

 Bibs very long, ending in a sharp point, 



which frequently perforates the skin . . 19. waltlii, p. 27. 



1. Molge cristata. 



Triton cristatus, Gray, Cat. p. 19. 



Lacerta palustris, part., Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 281, and S. N. i. p. 370 



Triton cristatus, Laur. Syn. Rept. pp. 39, 146 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 95 

 Bonap. Faun. ltd. ; Bell, Brit. Rept. p. 119 : Bum. fy Bibr. p. 131 

 De Vide, Ann. Sc. Nat. (4) xvii. p. 300 ; Leydig, Arch. f. Naturg, 

 1867, p. 170 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 42 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 520 ; 

 Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 48. 



— . — carnifex, Laur. I. c. pp. 38, 145, pi. 2. f. 3 ; Bonap. I. c. 



Lacerta porosa, Retz. Faun. Suec. i. p. 288. 



Salamandra cristata, Houttuyn, Verhand. Genootsch. Vlissing. ix. 

 p. 3-'j3, pi. — . f. 4 ; Schneid. Ilist. Amph. p. 57 ; Latr. Hist. Salam. 

 p. 43, pi. 3. f. 3 ; Baud. Rept. viii. p. 233. 



pruinata, Schneid. 1. c. p. 69. 



carnifex, Schneid. 1. c. p. 71. 



Lacerta palustris, Sturm, Beutschl. Faun. 



Triton palustris, Flem. Brit. An. p. 157 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 303. 



Molge palustris, Merr. Tent. p. 1 87 ; Gravenh. Belie, p. 85. 



