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SALAMANDRA TIGRINA.— Green. 



Piatt XXV. 



Characters. Head large, snout rounded; body elongated, bluish-black, with 

 irregular lemon coloured blotches; tail longer than the body, greatly compressed 

 at the sides, sharp both above and below, and coloured like the body. 



Synontmes. Salamandra tigrina, Green, Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Philad., vol. v. p. 116. 

 Salamandra tigrina, Harl., Med. and Phys. Res., p. 93. 



Description. The head is large, broad, flattened above and rounded in front. 

 The nostrils are lateral and near the snout. The eyes are large and prominent, 

 the pupil black, the iris golden, reticulated with brown. The neck is contracted; 

 the chin is smooth, and the throat has a transverse cuticular fold. 



The body is robust and cylindrical; the tail is longer than the body, and 

 compressed at the sides so as to offer a narrow margin above and below. 



The anterior extremities are short and thick; there are four fingers, short, 

 distinct, and all nearly of the same length. The posterior extremities are larger 

 than the anterior, and have five toes each. 



Colour. The whole superior surface of the animal, head, neck, body, tail, as 

 well as the extremities, is bluish-black above, marked with irregular spots and 

 blotches of lemon colour. The chin is dusky yellow; the throat and abdomen are 



