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GRAY'S BANDED NEWT. 



(Ommatotriton vittatus, Gray.) 



a bed 



SKULLS OP NKWTS.* 



THE fourth species of British Newt rests on 

 the authority of specimens in the British 

 Museum. The sole habitat of this species for 

 some time known was Lycia, with the exception 

 of the specimens in the British Museum collected 

 by Dr. Gray in the neighbourhood of London ; 

 but more recently it has been found to inhabit 

 Holland, Belgium, and Prance. Professor Bell 

 described and figured one in his "British 

 Reptiles " as a variety of his Palmated Smooth 

 Newt, which latter now proves to be a variety 

 of the Common Smooth Newt. 



* a. Triton cristatus. b. Lophinus punctatus. 



c. Lophinus palmatus. d. Ommatotriton vittatus. 



