74 



SALAMANDKIDja. 



D. Blackish brown, with few irregular yellow spots on head, 



back, and base of tail. 



0. 5 . Pacific coast of Guatemala. 0. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 



E. Blackish brown ; head vermiculated with yellow ; upper surface 



of back and tail with scute-like yellow spots, as in some speci- 

 mens of S. hellii ; limbs, sides, and lower surfaces closely 

 speckled with grey. 

 p. c? . Mexico. M. SalW [C.]. 



20. Spelerpes parvipes. 



Spelerpes (Oedipus) parvipes, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 778. 



Series of palatine teeth extending outwards beyond the choansej 

 separated fi'om the parasphenoid teeth ; latter forming a single patch. 

 Body much elongate ; head and body measuring eleven times the 

 width of the head. Limbs very weak ; fingers and toes little developed, 

 united. Tail longer than head and body. Gular fold distinct ; 

 seventeen costal grooves. Black; upper surface of head chiefly 

 white ; gular fold white ; beUy and sides of tail blotched with white ; 

 arm, elbow, and base of thigh with a white spot. 



Total length 100 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 44 „ 



Head 7 „ 



Width of head 4 „ 



Fore limb 6 „ 



Hind limb 9 „ 



Tail 56 



Colombia. 



21. Spelerpes lineolus. 



Speerpes lineolus, Cope, Proc.Ao. Philad. 1865, p. 197; St ranch, 



Salam. p. 83. 

 Opheobatiachus lineolus, Cope, eod. he. 1869, p. 101. 



Palatine teeth forming a chevron, extending outwards slightly 

 beyond the choanse, separated from parasphenoid teeth ; latter in 

 two patches, confluent anteriorly, diverging posteriorly. Habit 

 worm-like. Head very small, longer than broad ; snout rounded, 

 without eanthus rostralis ; eyes rather large. Body much elongate, 

 cylindrical, measuring four and a half to five times the distance from 

 tip of snout to gular fold. Limbs extremely weak ; digits rudimental. 

 Tail at least twice as long as head and body, cylindrical, as thick 

 as the body in a considerable portion of its extent. Skin smooth, 

 shining; no parotoids; a distinct gular fold; thirteen or fourteen 

 costal grooves. Uniform black. 



