70 SALAMANDRID^. 



Skin smooth, porous ; no parotoidB ; a strong gular fold ; a groove 

 from the eye to the latter ; ten or eleven costal grooves. Brown or 

 olive above, frequently with indistinct lighter markings ; light brown 

 beneath, uniform or speckled with darker. 



6. ?. 



Total length 96 84 millim. 



From snout to cloaca .... 54 46 „ 



Head 12 10 „ 



Width of head .9 8 „ 



Forelimb 16 14 „ 



Hind limb 18 15 „ 



Tail 42 38 „ 



Italy ; France, Alpes Maritimes. 



a-b. 5 & hgr. Italy. J. J. Bianconi [P.]. 



v-e. cj, hgr., & yg. Spezia. Marquis G. Doria [P.]. 



13. Spelerpes morio. 

 Oedipus morio, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 103. 



Dentition as in 8. fuscus. Head rather small, longer than broad ; 

 snout slightly truncate, without canthus rostralis ; eye moderate. 

 Body elongate, measuring about three times the distance from tip of 

 snout to gular fold. Limbs rather weak, not meeting when ad- 

 pressed ; fingers and toes very short and broad, truncate, webbed, 

 the tips free. Tail cylindrical, about the length of head and body. 

 Skin smooth, porous ; no parotoids ; a strong gular fold ; twelve or 

 thirteen costal grooves. Black, with indistinct whitish dots. 



Total length 97 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 50 „ 



Head 9| „ 



Width of head." 7| „ 



Forelimb 12 



Hind limb 13 



Tail 47 



Mexico; Guatemala. 



a-c. 2 , hgr., & yg. Jalapa, Mexico. Mr. Hoege [C.]. 



14. Spelerpes adspersus. 



Spelerpes (Oedipus) adspersus, Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 468 ; 



Strauch, Salam. p. 84. 

 Oedipus adspersus. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 103. 



Palatine teeth forming a short, very open chevron, not extending 

 externally beyond ehoanae, separated from parasphenoid teeth ; latter 

 forming a pyramid-shaped patch, notched posteriorly. Head as in 

 S. fuscus. Body measuring about three times the distance from tip 



