1905.] ON- A NEW NEWT FROM YUNNAN. 277 



5. Description of a new New^t from Yunnan. 

 By G. A. B0ULENC4EE, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. 



[Received April 13, 1905.] 



(Plate XYII.*) 



Mr. John Graham, Avho has made so many additions to our 

 knowledge of the Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes of Yunnan, 

 the latest of which is the remarkable Discoglossid described hy me 

 as Bombinator maxivms t, has also obtained several examples of a 

 new Newt, which I propose to name in honour of Dr. Wolterstorfi", 

 of Magdeburg, one of our Corresponding Members, who for some 

 years has been engaged on a Monograph of the Tailed Batrachians 

 of the Old World. 



MOLGE WOLTERSTORFFI, sp. n. (Plate XYII.) 



Pronto- squamosal arch bony, thick. A chevron-shaped series 

 of palatine teeth, the apex on a line with the choanfe. Tongue 

 small, subelliptical, the sides slightly free. Head without 

 grooves, once and one-fourth to once and one-third as long as 

 broad, its length contained three and two-thirds to four times in 

 the length to base of tail ; the greatest width of the head behind 

 the eyes, which are rather small and feebly prominent ; snout 

 broadly rounded ; labial lobes much developed. Body rounded in 

 both sexes ; no dorsal crest, no vertebral ridge. Limbs moderate ; 

 fingers and toes depressed, free ; outer carpal and tarsal tubercles 

 small but distinct, the latter sometimes very prominent. Tail 

 strongly compressed, blade-like, with upper and lower crest, 

 obtusely pointed, its length about that of head and body. 

 Cloacal lips as in AI. vulgaris. Skin perfectly smooth and shiny ; 

 a strong gular fold. Blackish olive above, with an orange or 

 orange-vermilion vertebral stripe, with or without round or 

 roundish spots or dots of the same colour ; orange-vermilion 

 beneath, with black spots or marblings, which may be confluent 

 into longitudinal bands ; lower edge of tail vermilion-orange. 



<?. 9. 



mm. mm. 



Total length 110 140 



From snout to cloaca 55 70 



Head 16 19 



Width of head 12 15 



Fore limb 19 22 



Hind limb 22 24 



Tail 55 70 



Of the six specimens sent by Mr. Graham, all except the male 



* For explanation of the Plate, see p. 278. 



t Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xv. 1905, p. 188, pi. xiii 



