SOME NOTES ON THE GIANT SALAMANDEE OF JAPAN. 



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same. There are four rows of these protuberances on the dorsal side 

 of the body. Two of them run along each side of the median dorsal 

 line, at some distance from it ; while the remaining two run just 

 above the lateral dermal folds, extending to the tip of the tail. 



The following gives the weights and measurements of five 

 specimens. 



No. 



Length. 



Width taken at head. 



Weight. 



1 



20.0 cm. 



2.6 cm. 



42 grms. 



3 



20.5 " 



2.9 " 



55 « 



3 



24.5 " 



3.0 " 



61 " 



4 



55.0 " 



9.1 « 



970 " 



5 



69.0 " 



11.0 " 



1926 " 



The Eggs, Time of Deposit, &c. 



The fishermen report that the eggs are laid in August and 

 September. I succeeded in getting a few eggs deposited about tha 

 middle of August. 



The eggs are not laid one by one as in the case of our common 

 Triton, nor in smooth cyhndrical strings as in the case of the Toad, 

 but in a string that resembles in form a rosary. 



Each egg floats in a clear fluid inclosed in a bead-shaped 

 gelatinous envelope (1.62 — 1.35 cm); and this envelope is connected 

 with the next by means of a comparatively small string which is 

 about equal in length to the longer axis of the envelope. The egg 

 has an oblate spheroidal form, measuring about 6 mm. by 4 mm., 

 and is yellow everywhere except at the upper pole, where it is 

 whitish. 



