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II. Salamanders with transverse groups only of palatine teeth. 



Remarks. The animals of this section approach in their form, as well as in 

 the arrangement of their palatine teeth, &c, the Tritons or Aquatic Salamanders. 

 In some the tail is round, but in most it is compressed laterally, and yet they are 

 as terrestrial in their habits as any other of our Salamanders. 



SALAMANDRA VENENOSA, Barton. 



Plate XXII. 



Characters. Head moderate; snout slightly rounded; body and tail above 

 bluish-black, with a row of round or oval yellow spots on each side; under surface 

 bluish-black, tinged with purple. 



Synonymes. Salamandra venenosa, Barton, Daud. Hist. Nat. des Rept, torn. viii. p. 229. 

 Salamandra sub-violacea, Barton, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. vi. p. 112, pi. iv. fig. 6. 

 Salamandra sub-violacea, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 93. 



Description. The head is of moderate size, with the snout full and rounded; 

 the tongue is large, flat, sub-oval, and broadest before; it is adherent by an 

 extensive base below, and by a narrow point behind, and is only movable at its 

 lateral margins. The palate is armed with a transverse row of minute teeth, 

 which pass from side to side behind the posterior nares, the row being a little 

 arched backwards in the centre. 



The nostrils are latero-superior and near the snout. The eyes are small, but 

 prominent, with a black pupil and dark grey iris. 



