3. MOLGE. 27 



19. Molge waltlii. 



Pleurodeles waltlii, Gray, Cat. p. 17. 

 Bradybates ventricosus, Gray, I. c. p. 26. 

 Pleurodeles waltlii, Michah. Isis, 1830, p. 195 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 91, 



pi. 2. f. 1 ; Bma'p. Faun. Ital. ; Bum. Sr Sibr. p. 72, pi. 103. f. 1; 



Strauch, Salam. p. 32 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 60 ; Leydig, Ai-ch. 



f. Naturg. xlv. p. 211, pis. 14, 15 ; Bedriaga, Bull. Mosc. 1879, 



p. 179, and Zool. Anz. 1879, p. 94 ; Wiedersheim, Zool. Anz. 1879, 



p. 622 ; Lataste, Actes Soc. Linn. Bord. (4) iii. p. 113 ; Wiedersh. 



Jen. Zeitschr. Nat. xiv. p. 371 ; Fraisse, Inaug.- Dissert. Wurzh. 



1880. 

 Salamandra major. Gray, Qriff. A. K. ix. 8yn. p. 106. 

 Bradybates ventricosus, Tschudi, I. c. p. 91, pi. 2. f . 1 ; Bonap. I. c. ; 



Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 75 ; Strauch, I. c. p. 33 ; Schreib. I. c. p. 68. 

 Salamandra pleurodeles, Sehleg. Abbild. p. 122, pi. 39. f. 2-3. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony. Palatine teeth in two slightly 

 curved series approximating in front, diverging behind ; these series 

 commencing in front of the line of the choanse. Tongue rather 

 small, subcircular, the lateral and posterior borders free. Head 

 much depressed, as long as broad, its length contained three to four 

 times in the length of the body, the greatest width at temporal 

 regions ; snout sh8rt, rounded ; labial lobes weU. developed. Body 

 rounded ; no dorsal crest. Limbs moderate, of males stronger and 

 furnished on their inner side, during the breeding-season, with 

 rugose plates ; fingers and toes much depressed, free ; two small, 

 more or less distinct, carpal and tarsal tubercles. Tail strongly 

 compressed, keeled above and beneath, longer than head and body. 

 Eibs very long, ending in a sharp point, which frequently perforates 

 the skin. Latter strongly tuberculate ; a strong gular fold. Vent 

 a longitudinal slit, the borders scarcely swoUen. Olive-brown above, 

 yellowish beneath, with blackish markings ; lower edge of tail 

 yellowish or orange. 



d. ?. 



Total length 224 182 millim. 



Prom snout to cloaca .... 93 87 „ 



Head 19 20 „ 



Width of head 20 20 „ 



Fore limb 33 26 „ 



Hind hmb' 37 30 „ 



Tail 131 95 „ 



Spain and Portugal ; Tangiers. 



a-b. ? & yg. Madrid. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



e-g. (?,$,& yg. S.Spain. Brussels Museum [E.]. 



h-i. Hgr. ' Spam. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



h. Skeleton. Spain. 



l-m. Hgr. Tangiers. 



n. cJ . N. Africa P 



