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a. Several spec., cj 2 • Lucca J. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 



b-o. 5 . Liguria. Milan Museum [E.]. 



d-g. Bad state. Italy. Prof. Savi. 



h-i. $ . Dalmatia (?) Hr. Jeittelea [P.]. 



5. TYLOTOTRITON. 



Tylototriton, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soo. 1871, p. 423, and West. 

 ' Ttmnan Exped., Zool. Res. p. 848. 



Tongue small, subcircular, free on the sides and slightly be- 

 hind. Palatine teeth in two oblique series, meeting in front. A 

 thick, bony fronto-squamosal arch ; maxillary reaching quadrate ; 

 pterygoid applied to the maxillary. Toes five. Tail compressed. 



Yunnan ; Himalayas. 



1. Tylototriton verrucosus. 



Tylototriton verrucosus, Anders. II. cc, Ywnn. pi. 76. f. 6 and pi. 77. 



Palatine series forming a A, commencing on a line with, or a 

 little in front of, the choanse. Head broader than long, surrounded 

 by a prominent osseous porous ridge ; a short similar ridge along the 

 parietals; snout short, broad; eyes moderate; no labial lobes. Body 

 thrice to thrice ^nd a half the length of the head ; no dorsal crest ; 

 a broad, prominent, porous vertebral ridge, produced by the great 

 development and transverse dilatation of the spinous processes of the 

 dorsal vertebrae ; a series of sixteen knob-Uke porous glands along 

 the side, the last three being behind the leg when it is extended at 

 right angles to the body. Limbs nioderate ; fingers and toes free, 

 depressed. Tail as long as or a little longer than head and body, 

 strongly compressed, with an upper and lower crest, ending in a 

 point. Anal opening a longitudinal slit, the borders not much 

 swollen. Skin tubercular ; parotoids large, very distinct ; a strong 

 gular fold. Uniform blackish brown, paler on the lips, snout, ohiij, 

 throat, and under surface of the limbs ; lower edge of tail orange- 

 yellow. 



6. 2. 



Total length 146 148 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 66 72 



Head 16 16 



Widthofhead 18 18 



Fore limb 27 26 



HindHmb 28 27 



TaU 80 76 



Mountains of Yunnan ; Eastern Himalayas. 



a. $ . Nantin valley, W. Yunnan. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 



b,c. j . Ymman, 4500 feet. 



d-ff. cJ,?) & yg- Daqeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



