9>6 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



1. Hyuobius liebulosus, Schlegel. 



Synonyms, Salamandra nebulosa, Schlegel; Ellipso- 

 glossa nebulosa, Dumeril and Bibron, Hallowell. 



Color yellowish brown, more or less darkened with 

 very fine marblings; usually a yellow caudal stripe above 

 and below ; trunk short and thick ; truncal vertebras sev- 

 enteen ; head not separable from the body ; gular fold 

 not very prominent. 



Length 4 inches. Head to axilla 1 inch. 



Tail 2 " Breadth of head 47 4i 



Habitat Japan. 



2. Hynobius nsevius, Schlegel. (12; 



Synonyms, Salamandra nasvia, Schlegel ; Pseudo-Sal- 

 amandra naevia, Tschudi; Molge nsevia, Bonaparte; 

 Molge striata, Merrem, Gray: Ellipsoglossa naevial 

 Dumeril and Bibron, Hallowell. 



Color bluish to slaty gray, with small lighter spots ; 

 sides marbled; skin smooth; body elongated; trunca, 

 vertebrae eighteen; head scarcely separable from the 



