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SALAMANDRID-E. 



n. S- Wandsworth. Dr. W. E. Leach [P.]. 



o. $. Near Oldham. D. Dyson, Esq. [P.]. 



p. 2 • Exeter. Dr. W. E. Leach [P.]. 



q-s. S, 2 t & Jg- Sweden. C. J. A. Thuden, Esq. [P.]. 



t-w, Larvae. Hamburg. 



x. $ . Russia? 



y. Skeleton. Scotland. Dr. Johnson. 



z. Skeleton. ? 



Var. karelinii. 



Salamandra platycauda, Rusconi, Amours des Salam. p. 29, pis. 1, 2. 

 ? Triton nycthemerus, Michah. Isis, 1830, p. 806. 

 Petraponia nigra, Massalongo, Ann. Sc. Nat. Bologna, vii. 1853, p. 5. 

 Triton cristatus, DeBetta, Mem. 1st. Venet. xi. p. 534, and Faun. Ital., 

 Rett. Anf. p. 85. 



karelinii, Strauch, Salam. p. 42, pi. 1. f. 1. 



cristatus, var. platycephalus, Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 527. 



Palatine series meeting in front, sometimes forming a /^. Head 

 larger ; snout broader, more depressed. Body shorter (generally 

 15 presacral vertebrae against 16 or 17 in M. cristata typus). Upper 

 surfaces lighter, generally greenish ; a yellowish vertebral line con- 

 stant in the female. 



6. 2- 



Total length 112 136 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 63 75 „ 



Head 15 15 „ 



Width of head 13£ 14 „ 



Pore limb 26 26 ., 



Hind limb 29 28 „ 



Tail 59 61 „ 



It is not possible, as yet, to trace the geographical distribution 

 of this form. It is known from Italy, Dalmatia, and N.E. Persia ; 

 and I have recently examined a specimen from Koutais, Caucasus, 

 in the Senckenberg Museum. 



a, 0-8. cJ 2 • Ital y- J - J - Bianconi [P.]. 

 (-8. J 2 • Turin - Prof - Bonelli [P.l 

 :. 2 • Lombardy. Milan Museum [E.]. 

 k. J. (Agreeing perfectly with the figure given by Strauch). ? 



As another variety of M. cristata must probably be considered : — 



Triton longipes, Strauch, 1. c. p. 44, pi. 1. f. 2. 



Proportions and shape of head as in the preceding variety, but 

 the fingers and toes much elongate. 



Astrabad, in the province Mazanderan, Persia. 



2. Molge blasii. 



Triton blasii, Be VIsle, Ann. Sc. Nat. (4) xvii. p. 364 ; Schreib. Herp. 



Fur. p. 46. 

 marmoratus, var. blasii, Strauch, Salam. p. 47. 



