3. MOLGE. 19 



cleft, with strongly swollen lips, as in M. vulgaris, that of the 

 female subcorneal, directed backwards, with circular opening. Skin 

 smooth or slightly granulate above ; head with distinct series of 

 pores ; parotoid region thickened ; a distinct gular fold. Brown or 

 olive above, with irregular darker spots ; no longitudinal dark 

 streaks on the head ; lower surfaces orange, with scattered round 

 black spots ; lower edge of tail yellow, with black spots in the male, 

 immaculate in the female. 



8- ?. 



Total length 68 97 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 31 39 „ 



Head 9 10 „ 



Width of head 7| 8 „ 



Fore limb 13J 13 „ 



Hind limb 14 13 „ 



Tail 37 48 „ 



Spain, Portugal. 



a. Several spec, S $ • Coruiia. G. A. Boulenger, Esq. [P.]. 



b-d. c? , $ , & yg. Oporto. E. Allen, Esq. [P.]. 



10. Molge pyrrhogastra. 



Cynops pyrrhogaster, Gray, Cat. p. 25. 

 Molge pyrrhogastra, Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 215. 

 Salamandra subcristata, Schleg. Faun. Japon., Amph. p. 125, pi. iv. 



f. 1-3, and pi. v. f . 7, 8, and Abbild. p. 122, pi. 40. f. 1-3. 

 Cynops subcristatus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 94. 

 Triton subcristatus, Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 140. 

 pyrrhogaster, Strauch, Salam. p. 51 ; Bouleng. Bull. Soc. Zool. 



France, 1880, p. 39. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony, thick. Palatine teeth forming a 

 A or a A, commencing on a line with the choanse. Tongue small, 

 subelliptical, the sides slightly free. Head a little longer than 

 broad, without grooves, its length contained thrice to thrice and a 

 half in the length of the body ; snout subtruncate ; cheeks widening 

 suddenly ; eyes prominent ; labial lobes much developed. Body 

 subquadrangular in the male, nearly round in the female ; no dorsal 

 crest ; a prominent vertebral ridge in both sexes, produced by the 

 great development of the spinous processes of the dorsal vertebras. 

 Limbs moderate ; fingers and toes depressed, free ; carpal and tarsal 

 tubercles generally distinct. Tail strongly compressed during the 

 breeding-season, sword-shaped, and frequently shortly mucronate in 

 the male, with an upper and lower crest ; its length exceeding 

 generally that of head and body. Cloaca as in M. vulgaris. Skin 

 generally strongly tuberculate above and beneath, sometimes smooth ; 

 parotoids distinct, more or less developed, generally much so ; a 

 similar, small, circular gland is generally visible on each side of the 

 throat ; a distinct gular fold. Dark olive or blackish above ; lower 

 surfaces carmine, spotted with black ; lower edge of tail uniform 

 carmine, this bright colour vanishing in the breeding male. 



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