AND BATRACHIANS OP BAEBART. 161 



Order II. CAUDATA. 



Fam. 1. SALAMANDEID^. 



Lizard-like Batrachians breathing by lungs in the perfect condition, with well- 

 developed eyelids. Represented in Barbary by two genera, 



1. Salamandka, Lauren ti, 1768. 

 Tail subcylindrical. Terrestrial. 



1. Salamandra maculosa, laurenti, 1768. (Plate XVIIL fig. 3.); 



Skin smooth, shining, porous above ; a distinct parotoid gland on each side of the 

 neck ; a kteral series of large warts ; a strong gular fold. Black, with yellow markings. 

 Inhabits Central and Southern Europe,. Syria, Morocco,, and Algeria. 



The Moroccan and Algerian specimens are separable as a variety which has been 

 named var. algira, by Eedriaga (Arch. f. Nat. 1883, p. 245). It is distinguished from 

 the European Salamander,, including the Corsican form, S. Corsica, Savi, to which the 

 Algerian specimens have been erroneously referred by some authors, by the more 

 slender build, the longer digits, and the longer tail, as may be seen from the following 

 measurements, in millimetres,, of specimens in the British Museum : — 



Tangier. Bona. 



From snout to vent ... 86 73 62 47 85 60' 



Tail 77 65 55 43 80 52 



Third toe 8 6-5 5 4 8 5 



Fifth toe 3 3 2 2 3-5 2 



The yellow spots are' few, round or oval, and disposed alternately in two series, but 

 never form longitudinal bands as is frequently the case in European specimens. 



The Salamander is very local in Algeria, but abundant where it occurs. Guichenot 

 found it at Oran, and states that Col. Levaillant got it at Constantine. Lallemant 

 records it, on the authority of Letourneux, from Kabylia and Bona (Mt. Edough). It 

 has been found in great numbers' in the latter locality by Dr. Hagenmiiller. M. Lataste 

 received it from L'Arba through M. Lallemant, and collected himself larval specimens 

 in that locality. Hanoteau and Letourneux record it from the forest of Akfadou, 

 Bougia, and Fort National, and Dr; Boettger from Bougia. The only locality in 

 Morocco where the Salamander has yet been found is the Benider Hills, near Tan- 

 gier; we are indebted to M. H. Taucher for this discovery. 



The North-African variety of Salamandra maculosa has not been figured before. 

 Fig. 3 a on Plate XVIII. represents a specimen from Mt. Edough, near Bona, and 

 figs. 3 i, c two young from the Benider Hills, near Tangier. 



