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of a more or less deep yellow, and even orange, with large rounded black spots, 

 disposed in a somewhat regular manner, in two or three lines on each side." — Dum. 

 et Bib. 



Dumeril & Bibron describe three varieties of the males and as many of the females 

 of this species : 1, with a very distinct crest, with the toes sometimes palmated or 

 semi-palmated, then becoming simple or not lobed ; tosniatus, Wolf, Gravenhorst, 

 Schneider; punctatus, Latreille, Merrem ; palmipes, Daudin in Latreille. 2, crest scarcely 

 distinct, with the toes simple ; punctatus, Daudin. 3, males in which the crest of the 

 back and tail are more apparent, as well as the membranes bordering the toes. Of 

 the females, the first variety are brown above, with two longitudinal lines of a deeper 

 color upon the back, and spotted with black beneath ; beneath small black spots in 

 the intervals between the large rounded spots, likewise upon the borders of the lower 

 jaw; tail yellow beneath. Length 2 inches 6 lines. 



Habitat. — Yery common in the neighborhood of Paris, and other parts of the north 

 of France ; aquatic, oviparous. 



62 specimens in Mus. Acad., Bonap. collection, presented by Dr. Wilson, labelled 

 Triton Jobatus ; two or three of them labelled Nillson appear to be cristatus. 



According to Dugis the exiguis is a young palmatus, and abdominalis, Latreille, the 

 young of the female of punctatus. 



Teiton vittatus, Gray. 



Sp. Char. — " Body smooth, of a greyish white color, with large black points or 

 spots arranged in longitudinal lines ; a large yellow or reddish band, bordered with 

 black, above and below, extending upon the flanks, from the axillae and two-thirds 

 or more of the side of the tail ; under part of the belly yellow or red, marked with 

 black points more or less abundant." — D. & B. t. ix. p. 144. 



Habitat. — France and England. 



One specimen in Mus. Acad. Nat. Sci., presented by the Garden of Plants, another 

 larger, with the lateral stripe on both sides broad and well developed, by Dr. Bache, 

 forming part of the Green collection. Length of largest specimen 3 inches 10 lines ; 

 of tail 1 inch 9 lines. 



Gen. Remarks. — According to Dumeril and Bibron this is a doubtful sj)ecies, being 

 intermediate in its characters between T. alpestris and T. punctatus. It is the Lisso- 

 triton palmipes of Bell, (British Keptiles,) the Molge and Ommatotriton vittatus of 

 Gray. 



Triton ptren^eus, Bum. & Bib. 



Oliar, — Body warty or very rough, with salient points, brown upon the head and 

 sides, with a largo yellow colored or safron dorsal ray. continued almost from the 



