CLASS REPTILIA. . 



F. Tongue indistinct, tympanum, hidden, end of toes, four, 

 cut. Pipa, Daud. Asterodactylus, Wagler. 



Common Pipa, R. Pipa, Lin. Seba, j. t. 77- The females 



of this species hatch their eggs on the back. Pipa Curu- 



cura, Spix, t. 22. The female of this species do not carry 

 their eggs on the back. Inhabits the bottom of the lakes in 

 Brazil. 



Ge7i. 2. Salamandra. 



Body subcylindrical, tailed, feet four, short ; sternum clavi- 

 cules none. Larva, with four feet, gills, three on each side. 



* Toes 4, 4. Salamandrina. 

 Salamandrina perspicilleta. Savi ; les trois doights, Lacep. 

 ij. t. 36. Molge tridactylus, Merrem. Salam. tridactylus, 

 Daud. See also, Salam. Savi, Gosse, with the toes half webbed. 

 Mus. Paris. 



** Toes 4, 5. Salamandra. 



a. Skiti smooth, paratoids glatidular, with group of tuber- 

 cles on the sides, in two series down the hack and tail, 

 each ending in a large pore, lateral line, simple. 



Common Salamandra. Salamandra maculosa, Laur. Lac. 

 Salamandra. Lin. Black, yellow spotted. Black Sala- 

 mandra. Salamandra atra, Laur. Sal. fusca Gesner, Sturm 

 fauna. Black may be only a variety. 



6. Skin granular, granicles ending in a group of minute 

 pores, paratoids porous, with a series of pores on each side, 

 forming a line between the legs. 



Common Salamander. Salamandra palustris. Salam, cris- 



tata, Latr. The Marbled Salamander. Salem marmorata, 



Latr. Triton Gesneri, Laur., and the Alpine Salamander, 



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