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SALAMANBEIDiE. 



much depressed, as long as broad, its length contained about thrice 

 and a half in the length of the body, the greatest width at angles 

 of jaws ; snout broad, rounded, the contour of the jaws semicircular ; 

 eyes small ; labial lobes scarcely distinct. Body rounded, somewhat 

 depressed; no dorsal crest, vertebral line grooved. Limbs moderate; 

 fingers and toes much depressed, free ; no carpal or tarsal tubercles. 

 Tail compressed, keeled above and beneath, longer than head and 

 body. Skin strongly tubereulate ; parotoid region thickened ; a 

 series of iarge pores from axilla to groin ; a strong gular fold. Vent 

 a longitudinal slit, the borders scarcely swollen. Olive-brown 

 above, yellowish or reddish brown beneath, with or without darker 

 markings. 



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Total length 146 miUim. 



From snout to cloaca 70 



Head 15 



Width of head 15 



Fore limb 19 



Hind limb 22 



Tail 76 



Algiers. 



a, 6. ? & hgr. 



c. Several larvae. 



d. Skeleton. 



Algiers. 

 Algiers. 

 Algiers. 



M. F. Lataste [P.]. 



18. Molge hagenmuelleri. 



GrlosBoliga poireti, ^onap. Faun. Itdl. 



hagenmulleri, Lataste, Le Naturalists, 1881, p. 371. 



Differs from the preceding in the following characters : — Pa- 

 latine teeth forming a A- Tongue small,, less free behind. Head 

 longer than broad ; snout narrower, contour of jaws semielliptic. 

 Limbs, and especially fingers and toes, more slender. Gular fold 

 less accentuated. Size smaller. Olive-brown above, greyish 

 beneath, with more or less distinct darker spots. Breeding male 

 with rugose plates on the inner side of the fore limbs *. 



Total length 99 



■From snout to cloaca 42 



Head 



Width of head .. 8 



Fore limb 15 



Hind limb 15 



Tail 57 



n 



Algiers. 

 1-6. d' 2 . 



Bona. 

 Bona. 



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98 miUim. 

 44 

 10 

 9 

 13 

 15 

 54 



M. F. Lataste [P.]. 

 Dr. J. V. Bedriaga [E.]. 



