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a. Several spec, d 2 • Lucca J. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 



ff-c. 2 • Liguria. Milan Museum [E.]. 



d-g. Bad state. Italy. Prof. Savi. 



h-i. 2 • Dalmatia (?) Hr. Jeitteles [P.]. 



5. TYLOTOTRITON. 



Tylototriton, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 423, and West. 

 ' Yunnan Exped., Zool. Res. p. 848. 



Tongue small, subcircular, free on the sides and slightly be- 

 hind. Palatine teeth in two oblique series, meeting in front. A 

 thick, bony fronto-squamosal arch ; maxillary reaching quadrate ; 

 pterygoid applied to the maxillary. Toes five. Tail compressed. 



Yunnan ; Himalayas. 



1. Tylototriton verrucosus. 



Tylototriton verrucosus, Anders. II. ce., Yunn. pi. 7G. f. 6 and pi. 77. 



Palatine series forming a A, commencing on a line with, or a 

 little in front of, the choanae. Head broader than long, surrounded 

 by a prominent osseous porous ridge ; a short similar ridge along the 

 parietals; snout short, broad ; eyes moderate ; no labial lobes. Body 

 thrice to thrice and a half the length of the head ; no dorsal crest ; 

 a broad, prominent, porous vertebral ridge, produced by the great 

 development and transverse dilatation of the spinous processes of the 

 dorsal vertebrae ; a series of sixteen knob-like porous glands along 

 the side, the last three being behind the leg when it is extended at 

 right angles to the body. Limbs moderate ; fingers and toes free, 

 depressed. Tail as long as or a little longer than head and body, 

 strongly compressed, with an upper and lower crest, ending in a 

 point. Anal opening a longitudinal slit, the borders not much 

 swollen. Skin tubercular ; parotoids large, very distinct ; a strong 

 gular fold. Uniform blackish brown, paler on the lips, snout, chin, 

 throat, and under surface of the limbs ; lower edge of tail orange- 

 yellow. 



Total length 146 148 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 66 72 „ 



Head 16 16 „ 



Width of head 18 18 „ 



Fore limb 27 26 „ 



Hind limb 28 27 „ 



Tail 80 76 „ 



Mountains of Yunnan ; Eastern Himalayas. 



a. 2 • Nantin valley, W. Yunnan. Dr. Anderson [P.], 



b,c. $. Yunnan, 4500 feet. 



d-g. 3, $ , & yg. Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



