74 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



1 . Geotriton f uscus, Gesner. (12, b) 



Synonyms, Salamandra fusca, Gesner, Aldrovandi, 

 Laurenti; Salamandra savii, Gosse; Salamandra Genei, 

 Schlegel; Geotriton Genei, Tschudi. 



Color brown above, with reddish lines scarcely per- 

 ceptible; beneath spotted with white; head white; 

 sphenoidal and vomerine teeth separated by a large in- 

 terval ; costal furrows ten ; digits depressed, with two 

 free phalanges. 



Habitat Southern Italy. 



2. Geotriton morio, Cope. 



Synonyms, Oedipus morio, Cope ; Geotriton carbona- 

 rius, (black variety) Cope. 



Color black above, dark plumbeous below ; whitish 

 dots numerous over the limbs and lower parts of the 

 body : head flat ; muzzle truncate ; sphenoidal and vo- 

 merine teeth nearly contiguous ; costal furrows thirteen, 

 distinct; limbs appressed; toes, except the inner, with 



