58 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



1. Onychodactylus Schleg-eli, Tschudi. (12) 



Synonyms, Onychodactylus Japonicus, Bonaparte. 

 Gray; Salamandra Japonica, Houttuyn; Salamandra 

 unguiculata, Schlegel. 



Color dark brownish gray, lighter beneath, often 

 marbled with yellow; back with a large reddish yellow 

 band extending from the occiput to the middle of the 

 tail; margins of the band irregularly notched, and the 

 stripe itself bifurcate upon or posterior to the inter scap- 

 ular region ; head short ; eyes prominent ; muzzle round ; 

 parotid mass distinct, separated into two parts bv a lin e 

 from the commissure; postorbital and gular fold well 

 marked ; costal furrows fourteen ; limbs and body strong ; 

 digits long and slender, ending in a kind of pellicle. 



Habitat Japan. 



3. Hemidactylium, Tschudi. 



Desmodactylus, Dumeril and Bibron. 



Vomerine teeth in two rows, one on each side behind 



