CLASS REPTILIA. 



6. T^oes 3, 3. Pseudobranchus, Gray. 



Striated Siren. Pseudobranchus striatus. Siren striata, 

 Leconte Ann. Lye. I^tw York, j. t. 4. Captain. Leconte 

 has unjustly and unscientitically attacked this genus. See 

 Ann. Lye. New York, ij. 133, though it was established 

 originally o'ii the authority of his erroneous account of the 

 Opcreula. 



Gen. III. Amphiuma. 



Gills none ; skull formed of a solid bony substance ; body 

 subcylindrieal ; tail compressed ; legs four. 



a. Legs rather strong ; toes 4, 5, outer edge of the feet 

 fringed, Abranchus. 



Large Hellbender. Abranchus horridus. Salamaridra 

 gigantea. Salamandra horrida, and Protonopsis horrida, 

 Barton. Menopoma Alleghaniensis, Harlan. Triton Alle- 

 ghaniensis, Daud. Molge gigantea, Merrem. Salamandra 

 Alleghaniensis, Michaux. Abranchus alleghaniensis, Leconte, 

 Ann. Lye. j. t. 17- - 



6. Legs weak^ boneless. Amphiuma. 



Common Congo Snake. Amphiuma means. Garden. 

 Florida and Georgia. Mus. Brit. Chrysodonta larvaformis, 



Mitchel. Three Toes Congo Snake. Amphiuma tridac- 



tylum. Cuv. Mem. Mus. xiv. 1. 1. Mus. Col. Surg. Four 

 footed. Siren. F v con. ^ 



- 4? Gen. IV. Cecilia. Linn. 



Gills none, head depressed, formed of a solid bony sub- 

 stance ; legs none ; body cylindrical ; tail short, blunt ; vent 

 roundish, nearly terminal — perhaps this should be placed 

 near Amphisboena. 



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