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SALAMANDRA BILINEATA.— Green. 



Plate XVI. 



Characters. Head small; body cylindrical; tail longer than the body, and 

 slightly compressed towards the tip. Colour above brownish-yellow, with a black 

 lateral line on each side; belly yellow. 



Synonymes. Salamandra bilineata,* Green, Jour. Acad. Nat. Scien. Philad., vol. i. p. 325. 

 Salamandra flavissima, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 97. 



Description. The head is small, with the snout rather rounded than pointed. 

 The tongue is small, sub-oval, thin, pediculated, and very movable. The palate 

 is armed with a transverse row of minute teeth that begin behind the inner 

 margin of the posterior nares; behind these teeth are two longitudinal groups 

 extending to the posterior extremity of the palate. 



The nostrils are lateral, though near the snout. The eyes are prominent, the 

 pupil black, with a golden iris. The neck is not much contracted, but there is a 

 slight cutaneous fold at the throat. 



The body is cylindrical. The tail is also cylindrical, long, thick at the root, 

 but soon becomes slender, and is slightly compressed towards the tip. 



The anterior extremities are exceedingly small and delicate, and terminate in 

 four small fingers. The posterior are twice the size, and have five toes. 



* From an error of the press, this stands Salamandra bislineata. 



