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BIJLLF.TIN HI, UNITliU SJATiS NATIONAL Ml'SKUM. 



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iiiiotlicial lli(^ pii'seiit time to warnuit tliiMii (listiiicf plaws and iianu\s 

 ill llic s.vst»'iii." Dr. (i. IJoiiii'iificr, in tlic last edition ol" tlie catalojjue 

 oC llii' sprcit's of .salaniaiidi'is in the Ijiitisli Mnseiini ISSi', has taken 

 tills view of tlie ease, and has redneed the name marortiinn to the posi- 

 tion of a synonym of iujrinum. In the present work I take the same 

 view of the irlalions of the l^istern and Western forms. 

 The fol lowing' is a desi;iiptioii of a specimen of tlie Western animal: 

 Talaline teeth in a transverse series, more or hvss aii;inlar anteriorly, 

 reaching"' to the posterior l)or(h'r of the inner iiares, or (»ne diameter be- 

 yond* (' anjjie sometimes tlattened or rounded. The series scarcely 

 or III- . . all interi-iipteil on the median line; never (:') on the limhs, 

 which are jicnerally a little iindnlalin^'. 



Inner nostrils separated hy the same space as the outer; rarely a lit- 

 tle larther apart, 



TonyiM' itioader than loiiji'; more than half the width of the head, 

 which Is llcsliy. 



l>ody lu'a\y, wlili twelve costal furrows. Head vt-ry hroad, <!on- 

 taliied aitont three and one half tiiius in distance from snout to ^roin. 

 Tall about e(|iial to the same distance, iiinch compressed from tiie 

 base. .Males In breeding season with a distinct tin from near tin- base 

 of the tail above, and from beyond the middle itelow; tail more o\al 

 at other seasons. Chtacal re;;lon of male nnicli swollen, emar<;inate; 

 angular itcliliid. 



Leo-s iiiuderate; dibits i -h depressed, v«'ry In-oad at base, tri- 



aii;;nlar. and adapted for swiininiiiji. I''ree portion of di«iits about 

 one-third the distance Irom their tljis to elbow or knee. 



Flu. Vi.-A,M,.U,ma H:,n,<„m (Ireen, No. 4nr.O. Nntiiral .size. Vmt Riplry. Minn. 



(ieneral col,,, dark brown or blackish, h, aholnd, varied with blotches 

 ot 3eMow. 'Ihe.se are dispoM'd alon- the median line of the back and 



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won I 

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 .solve! 

 Oik 

 ofthi.^ 

 mens 

 will 

 other.' 

 I'emah 

 preela 

 ovarie 

 breedi 

 Inrthei 

 adhere 

 all pa 

 teeth I 

 parallt 

 and ex 



