102 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



13. Brady bates, Tschudi. 



Palatine teeth few ; tongue very small, round, adher- 

 ent by its whole under surface; parotids none; bod}^ 

 short, broad, the sides perforated by the ribs; toes four 

 in front and five behind. 



Bradybates ventricosus, Tschudi'. 



Color brownish yellow, with darker spots ; head de- 

 pressed; eyes small and remote from each other; nos- 

 trils almost under the eyes; tail short, subcylindrical, 

 and differs from the uniform one of Pleurodeles ; body 

 depressed, very thickly covered with fine warts. 



Habitat Spain. 



Dumeril and Bibron consider this a young Pleurode- 

 les, as it possesses many of the characteristics of that 

 genus, and differs from it mainly in the form of the tail. 

 Hallowell cites a specimen in the Bonaparte Collection, 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences, labeled Brady- 

 bates Poireti, which he says is evidently a young Pleu- 

 rodeles. He also quotes Tschudi as saying of this spe- 

 cies, " Zahne ganz Plethodon," but considers it manifest- 

 ly an error. 



