32 SALAMANDBIDSl. 



Fifth toe well developed ; body shorter, not 



four times the length of the head ; tail 



strongly compressed 2. nebulosus, p. 32. 



Fifth toe rudimentary 3. peropus, p. 33. 



1. Hyiiol)ius nsBvius. 



Molge striata, Gray, Cat. p. 31. 

 Salamandra nrevia, SoMeg.. Faun. Japan., Amph. p. 122, pi. 4. f. 4-6, 

 ■ pi. 6. f. 9-10, and, AhhUd. pi. 39. f. 4. 

 Pseudosalamandra nssvia, Tschudi, Batr. p, 92. 

 Molge striata, Bonap. Faun. Mai. 



Ellipsoglossa use via, Du,m. 8; Bibr. p. 99, pi. 101. f. 5 ; Strauch, Salam. 

 p. 55, 



The length of the palatine series, from anterior border to pos- 

 terior angle, equals two thirds or three fourths the width of the 

 tongue. Head depressed, longer than broad ; snout short, rounded ; 

 eyes large, prominent ; no labial lobes. Body cylindrical, slightly 

 depressed, about four aud a half times the length of the head. 

 Limbs moderate, the adpressed limbs not meeting ; fingers and 

 toes short, depressed, free ; fifth toe well developed, halt the length 

 of fourth ; carpal and tarsal tubercles indistinct. Tail shorter than 

 head and body, thick, the end rounded. Vent a longitudinal slit ; 

 in the male with a smaU papilla and a short transverse slit an- 

 teriorly ; the borders not swollen. Skin smooth, shining ; sides 

 with thirteen very distinct vertical or costal grooves, more or less 

 distinct across the belly ; parotoids large, flat, behind the angle of 

 the jaws ; a rectilinear groove from the eye to the gular fold ; latter 

 strongly marked ; back with a longitudinal groove. Blackish grey, 

 lighter beneath ; sides variegated with light grey. 



d. 



Total length 131 



From snout to cloaca . . 78 



Head 14 



"Width of head 12 



Fore limb 18 



Hind limb 22 



Tail 53 



Japan. 

 <i-d. S $ ■ Japan. 



2. HyuoMus nebulosus. 



Hynobius nebulosus, Gray, Cat p. 30. 

 Salamandra nebuloaa, Schleg. Faun. Japan., Amph. p. 127, nL 4 



f. 7-9, a«(? ^66jK pi. 40. f. 7-10. ^ 



Hynobius nebulosus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 94. 

 Ellipsoglossa nebulosa, Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 100 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 55. 



