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SALAMANDRA GLUTINOSA.— Green. 



Plate X. 



Characters. Head large, semi-oval; tail round, nearly twice the length of 

 body. Colour above bluish-black, with minute white spots on the back and tail, 

 larger and frequently confluent white spots on the flanks. 



Stnonymes. Salamandra glutinosa, Green, Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Philad., vol. i. p. 357. 

 Salamandra variolata, Gilliams, Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Philad., vol. i. p. 460. 

 Salamandra cylindracea, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 94. 



Description. The head is large and approaches a semi-oval form; the snout 

 is rather pointed than rounded. The mouth is rather large; the tongue is thin, 

 sub-cordiform, broadest behind, and attached by a pedicle, rather broad and short. 

 The palate is armed with minute teeth, which begin on a line with the posterior 

 and external face of the posterior nares on each side, and run at first transversely 

 or inwards, and then a little backwards, but they do not meet in the middle of the 

 palate; half a line behind these begins a group of numerous small teeth, which 

 extend throughout the whole length of the middle and posterior part of the palate, 

 increasing in breadth posteriorly. 



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

 nent; the pupil black; the iris dusky. The neck is slightly contracted, with a 

 large cutaneous fold at the throat. 



The body is elongated and cylindrical. The tail is nearly twice the length of 

 the body, cylindrical, or almost imperceptibly compressed at its tip. 



