52 3ALAMANDRID2E. 



14. ANAIDES. 



Anaides, Baird, Iconogr. Eneyclop. ii. 1849, p. 256 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. 

 Philad. 1869, p. 109; St much, Sal am. p. 74. 



Tongue large, attached along the median line, the sides exten- 

 sively free. Palatine teeth in a chevron-shaped series hehind fcha 

 choanse ; parasphenoid teeth in an elongate patch. Maxillary and 

 mandihular teeth few in nnmhor, compressed, knife-shaped. Toes 

 five. Tail cylindrical. 



Western North America. 



1. Anaides lugubris. 



Taricha ? lugubris, Gray, Cat. p. 26. 

 Ambystoma punctulatura, id. ibid. p. 37. 

 Salamandra lugubris, Hallow. Journ. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 126. 

 Anaides lugubris, Baird, Iconogr. Encycl. ii. 1849, p. 256 ; Baird fy 

 Gir. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 302; Baird, U.S. Explor. Exped., 

 Herp. pi. i. f. 26-33, and Rep. U.S. Expl. Surv. xiii. part iv. 

 pi. 30. f. 4 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 109; Strauch, Sulam. 

 p. 75. 



Palatine teeth in two short series obliquely converging and meet- 

 ing behind, not extending outwards beyond the choanse ; para- 

 sphenoid teeth in an elongate patch, narrowed anteriorly. 10 to 12 

 tee Hi in the upper jaw, 6 to 10 in the mandible. Head oval, longer 

 than broad, greatest width at temporal regions; snout narrowed, 

 truncate ; eyes very large, prominent ; interorbital space narrow ; 

 maxillary outline strongly recurved posteriorly, much like what is 

 seen in the Crocodiles. Body somewhat depressed, measuring twice 

 and a half to twice and a third the distance from tip of snout to gular 

 fold. Limbs moderate, meeting when adpressed against the body ; 

 fingers and toes free, dilated at the tips, inner short but avcII deve- 

 loped ; no carpal or tarsal tubercles. Tail about as long as head and 

 body, cylindrical, slightly compressed towards the end. Anal opening 

 longitudinal, the borders not swollen. Skin smooth ; no parotoids ; 

 a strong gular fold : thirteen costal grooves. Dark brown or lead- 

 coloured above, yellowish white beneath ; sides and limbs with 

 scattered whitish dots. 



Total length 154 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 76 „ 



Head 17 „ 



Width of head 15 „ 



Fore limb 22 „ 



Hind limb 25 „ 



Tail 78 „ 



Pacific Region of North America. 



