FISH-LIKE SALAMANDERS. 



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obtained from China. As a genus, it is characterised by having four front and five 

 hind-toes, the absence of a gill-opening, and the presence of two internal gill-arches. 



GIANT SALAMANDER (^ nat. size. 



The tongue covers the whole of the floor of the mouth, to which it is completely 

 adherent ; while the palate has a curved series of teeth on the vomers, parallel to 



