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EUPROCTUS POIRETI. 



Char. — Body brown above, with blackish spots ; rust color beneath ; tail longer 

 than the body with a yellow longitudinal line above running its whole length. Total 

 length 5 inches ; tail 2 inches 5 lines. 



Habitat. — Algiers. One specimen in Mus. Acad., presented by the Garden of 

 Plants. 



TRITOMEGAS, Dura, and Bib. 



Char. — " Body very large, warty, depressed, bordered with a thick festooned mem- 

 branous fold ; head flat, oval, larger than the trunk ; tongue slightly distinct, adherent, 

 forming the floor of the mouth; palatine teeth numerous, serrated, disposed in a con- 

 tinuous and parallel arcade, behind those of the jaw ; nostrils near together upon the 

 anterior edge of the snout ; eyes small, separated, with lids very short or absent ; 

 tail short, compressed, with a crest." — Dum. and Bib. 



Tritomegas sieboldii. 



Habitat. — -Japan, high mountains of the Island of Niphon, between 34° and 36° N. 

 latitude, 4000 to 5000 feet above the level of the sea. Habits aquatic ; feeds on fishes 

 and frogs, swallows ordinarily twenty or more small fishes at once, then remains eight 

 or ten days without food. — D. and B. Length 3 feet. 



Gen. Remarks. — The Japanese and Chinese physicians, according to Schlegel, use 

 the flesh of this animal made into soup, as a preservative against contagious affections, 

 in phthisis, and other diseases of the chest, and to promote digestion. Fauna Japon., 

 p. 135. 



TARICHA, Gray. 



Char. — Head flat, longer than broad ; snout angular ; eyes very prominent ; skin 

 above densely granulated; tongue of moderate size, rather small, oval, papillose, 

 attached in front and behind, more free at edges ; maxillary teeth small; internal 

 nares of moderate size ; no palatine teeth ; sphenoidal teeth small, arranged in two 

 very slender rows, commencing in a line with the internal nares, and about equi- 

 distant from them ; not in contact, diverging as they extend posteriorly, leaving a 

 wide interspace behind ; body rather stout, extremities well developed ; fingers and 

 toes short and depressed, free ; first toe a knob, shorter than fifth, third toe a little 

 longer than fourth ; tail rounded at base ; compressed in two-thirds of its extent ; 

 longer than head, neck and body ; no parotids. 



Tarioha torosus. 



Char. — Dark brown, covered with numerous granulations or tubercles, more sparsely 



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