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REPTILE GALLERY. 



America. The Gigantic Salamander (Megalolatrachus maximus), 

 from Japan and China, belongs to this family; it is the largest 

 living Batracbian, attaining a length of four feet, and the living 



Fig. 33. 



Amphiuma means, from North America. 



representative of the fossil Salamander of (Eningen, the remains 

 of which were originally regarded as those of man (Homo diluvii 

 testis}. 



The Proteida and Sirenida are permanent gill-breathers, and 



