128 SALAMANDRIDjE. 



distinguished by a small fold of integument beneath. The 

 body is thick, but not ventricose ; round, corrugated, and 

 covered with small warts or tubercles. There are no pa- 

 rotids ; but there are two patches of simple pores on each 

 side of the head, and a line of similar pores running along 

 each side, and somewhat distant from each other. 



The tail is about two fifths of the entire length, consider- 

 ably compressed, the upper and under margins sharply and 

 abruptly carinated. The anterior feet, when brought for- 

 wards, extend a little beyond the snout, each having four 

 flattened toes, of which the third is the longest, then the 

 second, then the fourth, and the first is the shortest. Hinder 

 feet longer and thicker than the fore, each with five toes, of 

 which the first is the shortest, the fifth longer, then the second, 

 the third and fourth being equal and the longest. The 

 upper parts of the animal are blackish brown, or yellowish 

 brown, with darker round spots ; under parts bright reddish 

 orange, with round black spots ; sides dotted with white ; 

 sides of the tail, particularly in the male sex, of a beautiful 

 shining pearly white, which, like the rest of the colours, be- 

 comes brighter in the spring. 



In the breeding-season the male acquires a deep, flexible, 

 indented crest, which extends the whole length of the back, 

 along the mesial line. It is separated from the correspond- 

 ing crest of the tail by a distinct hiatus. The crest is of 

 a lighter colour than the back. It is confined to the male, 

 and disappears during the winter. 



Dimensions : 



In. Lines. 



Total length . . . .,.56 



Length of the head and body . . . 33 



Length of the tail . . . , 2 4 



