CADUCIBRANCHIATA. II 5 



Triton exiguus, Bonaparte; Triton minor, Higginbot- 

 tom; Molge palmata, Merrem; Lophinus palmatus, 

 Gray; Lissotriton palmatus, Bell, 1849. 



Color various, above usually brownish olive, green, or 

 tawny, with black spots often arranged in two lines ; be- 

 neath orange or yellowish often with a few black spots 

 irregularly distributed; tail with a large cream-colored 

 band on each side, margined w r ith black dots ; female 

 paler; palatine teeth in two not contiguous series; body 

 smooth or slightly granular; lateral lines of distant, sin- 

 gle, indistinct, pores; dorsal crest in male present at 

 times; back w r ith three ridges; feet in male palmate, in 

 female free; tail usually compressed and often terminat- 

 ing distally in a filament. 

 Length 2;/ inches. 



Habitat England, France, and Germany. 



Higginbottom states that at the time of reproduction 

 the tail in the male is terminated by a filament three lines 

 long, and the hind feet entirely palmate; but after the 

 breeding season is past, the filament and membranes' are 

 absorbed, leaving the tail with a round tip, and the toes 

 free. 



Triton P jrenaeus, Dumeril and Bibron. 



Color above brown, with a large yellow dorsal band, 

 the margins of which are dentated and marked with 



