Io6 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



). Notophthalnms pj rrhogaster, Boie. 



Synonyms, Molge pvrrhogaster, Boie; Salamandra 

 subcristata, Schlegel; Cynops subcristatus, Tschudi; 

 Cynops pvrrhogaster, Gray ; Triton subcristatus, Dum- 

 eril and Bibron, Hallowell : Diemyctylus pvrrhogaster, 

 Cope. 



Color above deep brown, often with scattered yellow 

 spots ; beneath red, with numerous irregular black spots 

 or dots: head large, flattened; muzzle obtuse; body 

 warty, or with a very granular skin above, and with lat- 

 eral tubercles at the origin of the throat ; dorsal crest 

 small and almost effaced. 

 Length 5 inches. 

 Tail 2% " 



Habitat Europe, Northern Africa, and Japan ? 



Common in the stagnant water of the overflowed 

 fields. 



4. Notophthaluius lsevis, Baird and Girard. 



Synonyms, Taricha Isevis, Baird and Girard; Diemyc- 

 tylus laevis, Cope. 



