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REPTILE GALLERY. 



America. The Gigantic Salamander [Megalohatrachus maximus), 

 from Japan and China, belongs to this family; it is the largest 

 living Batrachian, attaining a length of four feet, and the living 



Fig. 33. 



Amphiuma means, from Nortli America. 



representative of the fossil Salamander of CEningen_, the remains 

 of which were originally regarded as those of man {Homo diluvii 

 testis). 



The Proteidce and Sirenida are permanent gill-breathers, and 



