HO CADUCIBRAXCHIATA. 



*1. Triton cristatus, Laurenti. (20, 42) 



Synonyms, Salamandra aquatica, Wurfbain, Ray, Pet- 

 iver, Daleus, Daudin ; Salamandra Batracon, Camerari- 

 us; Salamandra platyura, Daubenton; Salamandra lati- 

 cauda, Bonnaterre; Salamandra cristata et pruinata, 

 Schneider; Salamandre cretee, Latreille; Salamandra 

 platycauda, Rusconi ; Lacertus aquaticus, Gesner, Gro- 

 novius; Lacerta palustris, Linnaeus; Lacerta porosa, 

 Retzius; Lacerta lacustris, Blumenbach; Molge palus- 

 tris, Merrem ; Hemisalamandra cristata, Duges ; Triton 

 marmoratus, Bibron ; Triton cristatus et Bibroni, Bell ; 

 Neurergus crocatus ? Cope; Chioglossa ? Du Bocage. 



Color above brownish green to black ; beneath orange 

 with black spots of considerable size; upper surfaces 

 with dark blotches more or less distinct ; sides with sim- 

 ilar dark markings and projecting white points; head 

 long, much depressed; muzzle round; palatine teeth in 

 two long, widely separated, and nearly parallel rows 

 terminating anteriorly in front of choane; inner nares 

 large, equidistant from the outer; nostrils moderate; 

 eyes elongated; commissure terminating under the or- 

 bit; gular fold usually well marked; dorsal crest well 

 developed, reaching from muzzle to tip of groin ; limbs 



*For Hybridation in this animal (see 42, b) and for showing 

 that the limbs may be amputated and regenerated, but not if 

 their basilar portion has been removed, (see 35, a and c,) and for 

 reproduction (see 45, a.) 



