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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[PART iv. 



FAMILY 3. PKOTEID^E. (2 Genera, 4 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Proteidas have four feet and persistent external branchiae. 

 The two genera are, Proteus (1 sp.), found only in caverns of 

 Central Europe ; and Menobranchus, which are like newts in 

 form, and inhabit the Eastern States of North America. 



FAMILY 4. AMPHIUMIDJE. (1 Genus, 2 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The genus Amphiuma, or Murcenopsis, consists of slender eel- 

 like creatures with four rudimentary feet, and no external 

 branchiae. The species inhabit the Southern United States from 

 New Orleans to Carolina. 



FAMILY 5. MENOPOMID^E. (2 Genera, 4 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



NEOTROPICAL I NEABCTIC I PAL^ARCTIC i ETHIOPIAN I ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-KEGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-KEGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. 



There are large Salamanders of repulsive appearance, found 

 only in Eastern Asia and the Eastern United States. The 

 genera are, Sieboldia (2 sp.), Japan and north-west China; 

 Menopoma Protonopsis (2 sp.), Ohio and Alleghany rivers. 



