114 CADUCIBRANCHIATA. 



i. Triton vittatus, Gray 



Synonyms, Molge vittatus, Gray ; Ommatotriton vit- 

 tatus, Gray; Lissotriton palmipes Var., Bell. 



Color above grayish white, with black dots arranged 

 in lines; sides with a large, yellow band, margined 

 above and below with black ; beneath red or yellow with 

 black spots; body smooth; lateral line of pores single, 

 distinct; dorsal crest present in males, but interrupted 

 over the loins; legs membranous on their inner edge; 

 plantar tubercles subulate, present in front. 

 Length 3 5-6 inches. Tail 1^ inches. 



Habitat England, France, and Belguim. 



Dumeril and Bibron consider this species as doubtful 

 and intermediate between Triton alfestris and T. -pal- 

 mattis. 



6. Triton palmatus, Schneider. 



Synonyms, Salamandra exigua, Laurenti, Rusconi; 

 Salamandre Suisse, Ragoumowski ; Salamandra palmata, 

 Schneider; Salamandre palmipede et abdominale, La- 

 treille, Daudin; Salamandre abdominale, Bonaparte; 



