12 SALAMANDRID^:. 



with an upper and lower crest. Skin more or less strongly tuber- 

 culate above and beneath ; head and parotoid region with distinct 

 pores ; a series of pores between axilla and groin ; a strong gular 

 fold. Green above, marbled with black ; dorsal and upper caudal 

 crest with vertical, alternately black and white bars ; female with 

 an orange vertebral line ; a silvery- white band along the side of the 

 tail, most distinct in the breeding male ; fingers and toes green, with 

 black annuli ; lower surfaces brown or greyish, with more or less 

 distinct darker spots, punctulated with white. (This punctulation 

 is absent in specimen i, the lower surfaces being beautifully black- 

 and-white marbled.) 



<J. $• 



Total length 131 133 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 62 68 „ 



Head 15 15 „ 



Width of head U± 15 „ 



Fore limb 28 27 „ 



Hind limb 29 27 „ 



Tail 69 65 „ 



France, Spain, Portugal. 



a-b. c?. Fontainebleau. G. A. Boulenger, Esq. [P.], 



c-d, e. 2 - Nantes. 



/. Yg. Montpellier. 



g-h. J . Park in Palace-grounds H. 0. Forbes, Esq. [P.]. 



of Quiluz. 



I. <$. Oporto. 



k-l. 2 & yg- Oporto. Col. Owen, K.C.A. [P.]. 



m. $. Oporto. E. Allen, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Molge alpestris. 



Triton ? alpestris, Gray, Cat. p. 21. 

 Triton alpestris, Laur. Syn. Rept. pp. 38, 142, pi. 2. f. 4 ; Sturm, 



Deutschl. Faun. ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 95 ; Bonap. Faun. ltal. ; Dtim. fy 



Bibr. p. 146 ; Be Betta, Mem. 1st. Venet. xi. p. 540 ; Fatio, Bibl. 



Univ. 1864, p. 275 ; Ley dig, Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 198 ; Strauch, 



Salam. p. 49 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 541, pi. 3 ; De Betta, Faun. 



ltal, Rett. Anf. p. 87 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 38. 



wurf bainii, Laur. I. c. p. 38. 



salamandroides, Laur. I. c. p. 40. 



Salamandra cincta, Latr. Salam. p. 52, pi. 5. f. 5 ; Daud. Rept. viii. 



p. 259. 



rubriventris, Laud. I. c. p. 239, pi. 98. f. 1. 



alpestris, Bechst., Lacep. ii. p. 260 ; Schneid. Hist. Amph. 



p. 71. 



ignea, Bechst. 1. c. p. 263. 



Molge ignea, Merr. Tent. p. 186; Gravenh. Delic. p. 81. 



alpestris, Merr. 1. c. p. 187. 



Triton apuanus, Bonap. Faun. ltal. 



Hemitriton alpestris, Duges, Ann. Sc. Nat. (3) xvii. p. 263. 



Fronto-squamosal arch ligamentous ; frontals with distinct orbital 



