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rnarmoratus, which corresponds precisely with the figure of the same in the Fauna 

 Italica, of which it is, most probably, the original, which differs from the above des- 

 cription. It is extremely rugose, of a uniform dark ash color ; the markings upon 

 the sides very indistinct ; an orange line under the tail ; abdomen light orange, with 

 numerous irregularly shaped black spots of different sizes ; more or less confluent. 

 It resembles very much some of the specimens of Triton cristatus, but there are no 

 round black spots upon the sides ; and the dorsal line is absent. According to Kauf, 

 Triton rnarmoratus is found 6 inches in length, and exists also in the south of Spain. 

 According to A . Dugis, the tail is round in the winter, flattened at the nuptial 

 season. According to Dumeril and Bibron, Triton nyctliymerus is Triton carnifex, 

 the young of Triton rnarmoratus, but the specimen in the collection of the Academy, 

 marked Triton nyctliymerus, is very different from carnifex and rnarmoratus. The 

 tongue is small and free behind, as in Pleurodeles. Triton nyctliymerus is found in the 

 Tyrol and Picardy. Schlegel remarks that Triton rnarmoratus is sometimes perfectly 

 smooth, without the slightest trace of tubercles. It is found, also, according to him 

 at Tunis. 



Two fine specimens in Mus. Acad. N. S., presented by the Garden of Plants, corres- 

 ponding in every respect with the description of Dumeril and Bibron. 



Triton palmatus. 



Char. — " Skin slightly granular, of a yellowish brown above, with two salient 

 dorsal lines, parallel to the salient line of the spine ; the under part of the body of a 

 beautiful deep orange color, more yellow towards the sides ; the posterior extremities 

 of the male, in the commencement of spring, of a darkish brown, with the five toes 

 almost entirely palmated; the females of a lighter color, with the tail almost round, 

 especially after having been a long time out of the water." — Dum. et Bib. 



Length 2 in. and 8 lines. 



Habitat. — France, England Germany. The most common Triton in the neighbor- 

 hood of Paris ; common also in the neighborhood of Montpelier. — Dugis.* Two speci- 

 mens presented by the Garden of Plants, 55 specimens in Mus. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 (eleven of them marked Vienna, Bonap. Collection,) presented by Dr. Wilson. 



Triton punctatus, Latreille. 



Char. — " Skin smooth, of an ash colored greenish brown, or yellowish above, with 

 black, rounded, distinct spots disposed very regularly and by lines ; five black lines, 

 more or less distinct, uniting upon the anterior part of the head, of which one appears 

 to traverse the eye, advancing upon the sides of the neck ; the under part of the body 



* Found throughout France. The female lays its eggs one by one, in the leaf of an aquatic plant, which it folds in 

 wo with its hind feet. In captivity and without plant? it lot.-' them roll freely into the water. — Dugis. 



