O SALAMAKDKID^. 



No cutaneous lateral fold ; lower surfaces 



orange, black-spotted 9. boscce, p. 18. 



Parotoids generally very promioent ; 



blackish above; carmine beneath, 



black-spotted 10. jayrrhogastra, p. 19. 



Loreal region nearly vertical; brown 



above ; bluish black beneath, with yel- 

 low (red) spots 11. sinensis, p. 20. 



Head with three longitudinal grooves ; 



three large pores on' each side of the 



head, behind the eyes 13. viridescens, p. 21. 



2. Head much depressed. 



a. Palatine teeth commencing on a line with the choanae. 



Vent-opening longitudinal; tongue at- 

 tached behind 12. torosa, p. 20. 



Cloaca conical, with circular opening; 



male with a fibular spur 15. rvseonii, p. 24. 



Cloaca conical in the female, globular in 



the male, with circular opening; no 



fibular spur 16. aspera, p. 24. 



Vent-opening longitudinal; tongue free 



behind ; palatine teeth forming a f\ ; 



contour of lower law semicircular . . 17. poireti, p. 25. 

 Vent-opening longitudinal; tongue free 



behind ; palatine teeth forming a ^ ; 



contour of lower jaw semielliptical . . 18. Jiagenmuelleri, p. 26. 



6. Palatine teeth commencing in front of the line of 

 the choanse. 

 Eibs very long, ending in a sharp point, 



which frequently perforates the skin . . 19. waltlii, p. 27. 



1. Molge cristata. 



Triton cristatus, Graj/, Cat. p. 19. 

 Lacerta palustris, part., Linn. Fawn. iSuec. p. 281, and S. N. i. p. 370. 

 Triton cristatus, Laur. Syn. Rept.Tm. 39, 146 ; Tschidi, Batr. p. 95 



Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Bell, Brit. Mept. p. 119 : Bum. 8f Bibr. p. 131 



De I' Isle, Ann. So. Nat. (4) xvii. p. 366 ; Ley dig, Arch.f. Naturg. 



1867, p. 176 ; Strauvh, Salam. p. 42 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 520 



Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 48. 



: carnifex, Laur. I. c. pp. 38, 145, pi. 2. f. 3 ; Bonap. I. c. 



Lacerta porosa, Retz. Fay,n. Suec. i. p. 288. 



Salamandra cristata, Houttuyn, Verhand. Oenootsch. Vlissing. ix, 



p. 333, pi. — . f. 4 ; Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 57 ; Latr. Hist. Salam. 



p. 43, pi. 3. f. 3 ; Baud. Eept. viii. p. 233. 



pruinata, Schneid. I. c. p. 69. 



carnifex, Schneid. I. c. p. 71. 



Lacerta palustris, Sturm, Deutschl. Faun. 



Triton palustris, Fkm. Brit. An. p. 157 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 303. 



Molge palustris, Men: Tent. p. 187; Gravenh. Delia, p. 86. 



