2. PROTEUS. 



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2. PROTEUS. 



Proteus, sp., Law. Syn. Rept. p. 37. 



Proteus, Schreibers,Phil. Trans. 1801, p. 241 ; Gray, Cat. p. 65 ; Dum. 



$ Bibr. ix. p. 185. 

 Hypochton, Merrem, Tent. p. 188; Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 210; 



Tschudi, Batr. p. 97. 

 Phanerobranchus, part., Leuckart, Isis, 1821, p. 260. 



Tongue small, free in front. Yomero-palatine teeth in two feeble 

 series. Eyes concealed under the skin. Eingers three, toes two. 

 Carniola. 



1. Proteus anguinus. (Plate II. figs. 5-7.) 



Proteus anguinus, Gray, Cat. p. 65. 



Proteus anguinus, Law, I. c. pi. 4. f. 3 ; Schreib. I. c. ; Daud. Rept. viii. 



p. 266, pi. 49. f. 1 ; Confiql. fy Rusconi, Monogr. ; Cuv. in Humb. 



Obs. Zool. i. p. 119, pi. 13 ; Dum. $ Bibr. ix. p. 186, pi. 96. f. 2; 



Cope, Joum. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 104 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 



Siren anguina, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 608, pi. 139. 



Hypocbton laurentii, Merr. Tent. p. 188 ; Fitzing. Sitz. Ah. Wien, 



v. 1850, p. 301. 

 Pbanerobrancbus platyrbynchus, Leuchart, I. c. 

 Hypochton anguinus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 97. 



schreibersii, Fitz. I.e. -p. 299. 



freyeri, Fitz. I. c. 



baidingeri, Fitz. 1. c. p. 300. 



xanthostictus, Fitz. 1. c. p. 301. 



Proteus xanthostictus, Cope, I. c. p. 103. 

 scbreibersii, Cope, I. c. p. 104. 



Head elongate ; snout long, narrowed, the tip truncate ; mouth 

 small ; labial lobes much developed. Body slender, elongate ; limbs 

 very weak ; fingers and toes obtuse, free. Tail short, strongly 

 compressed, finned, the end rounded or obtusely pointed. Cloacal 

 opening as in Onychodactylus. Skin smooth ; a more or less distinct 

 gular fold ; twenty-six or twenty-seven costal grooves. Uniform 

 flesh-coloured. 



Total length 283 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 193 



Head (to middle of gular fold) . . 31 



Width of head 18 



Fore limb ' 24 



Hind limb 20 



Tail 90 



Subterranean waters of the Alps of Carniola. 



a. Adult. Carniola. Vienna Museum. (As typi- 



cal of H. laurentii.) 



b-c. Adult. Carniola. Vienna Museum. (As typi- 



cal of H. schreibersii.) 



d. Adult. Carniola. Vienna Museum. (As typi- 



cal of H. freyeri.) 



