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ONYCHODACTYLUS,* Tschudi. 



Char. — Tongue rounded, entirely free only at the edges ; palate furnished with 

 teeth, forming a continued undulating series resembling the letter M, with rounded 

 angles ; skin smooth, porous, but not tuberculous ; a parotid slightly projecting on 

 each side, separated, as it were, into two parts by a deep line proceeding from the 

 commissure of the mouth ; tail rounded, very long, but compressed in its terminal 

 fourth ; fingers free, terminated usually by a black spot, resembling exactly above 

 the shape of a nail." — D. & B. 



Onychodactylus schlegelii, Tsch. 



Color deep brownish gray, less intense beneath; sometimes marbled with yellow, 

 or totally gray in the adult ; a large brownish or reddish-yellow stripe extends along 

 the back, irregularly variegated on its edges by brown spots ; continues upon the tail, 

 but on the head, divides and breaks into fine marblings composed of the two principal 

 tints. 



Syn. Salamandra unguiculata. Schlegel, Faun. Jap., p. 123, pi. 5. 



Habitat. — Japan. - 



EUPROCTUS, Gme.— Megapterna, Save. 



Char. — Tongue rounded, free behind and upon the sides, adherent in front only ; 

 head quite large with a smooth rounded snout ; no parotids ; palatine teeth in two 

 longitudinal rows, parallel in the first half of their course, diverging posteriorly ; skin 

 rough and covered with small warts ; tail pointed, rounded at base, compressed in 

 four-fifths of the length, which is greater than that of the body ; fingers free, elonga- 

 ted, rounded ; anal region in adult prolonged,f coniform ; a bony arch above the orbit, 

 formed by the union of the processes proceeding from the posterior, frontal and tym- 

 panic bones. 



EUPROCTUS RUSCONI. 



Char. — Body warty, smooth in the young, of a brownish olive, with black marks 

 above ; of a yellowish grey or ferruginous below, with points or irregular blotches of a 

 blackish blue color ; upper parts sprinkled with numerous white elevated blotches. 

 Length 2 inches 9 lines. 



Habitat. — Pyrenees, Italy, Spain, Sardinia and Corsica. 



2 specimens in Mus. Acad., Bonap. collection, presented by Dr. Wilson, and two by 

 the Garden of Plants. 



* Ovw| nail ; JahTvhw finger. f Not a constant character. 



