2. PKOTEtrs. 85 



2. PROTEUS. 



Proteus, sp., Lour. Syn. Bept. p. 87. 



Proteus, Schreibers, Phil. Trans. 1801, p. 241 ; Grai/, Cat. p. 65 ; JDum. 



^ Bibi: ix. p. 185. 

 HypocLton, Merrem, Tent. p. 188; Woffl. Syst. Amph. p. '210; 



Tschudi, Batr. p. 97. 

 Plianerobranchus, part., Leuckart, Isis, 1821, p. 260. 



Tongue small, free in front. Vomero-palatine teeth in two feeble 

 series. Eyes concealed under the skin. Pingers three, toes two. 

 Carniola. 



1. Proteus anguimis. (Plate II. figs. 5-7.) 



Proteus anguinus, Gray, Cat. p. 65. 

 Proteus anguinus. Law. I. c. pi. 4. f. 3 ; Sehreib. I. c. ; Daud. Bept. viii. 



p. 266, pi. 49. f. 1 ; Configl. 8f Rusconi, Monogr. ; Cuv. in Sumb. 



Obs. Zool. i. p. 119, pi. 13 ; Dum. 8( Bibr. ix. p. 186, pi. 96. f. 2 ; 



Cope, Joum. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 104 ; Sehreib. Herp, Eur, 



p. 11. . 

 Siren anguina, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 608, pi. 139. 

 Hypochton laurentii, Merr. Tent. p. 188 ; Fitzing. Sitx. Ah. Wien, 



V. 1850, p. 301. 

 Phanerobranchus platyrhynchus, Leuehart, I. c. 

 Hypochton anguinus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 97. 



schreibersii, Fitz. I. e. p. 299. 



freyeri, Fitz. I. c. 



haidingeri, Fitz. I. c. p. 300. 



xanthostictus, Fitz. I. c. p. 301. 



Proteus xanthostictus, Cope, I. c. p. 103. 

 schreibersii. Cope, I. c. p. 104. 



Head elongate ; snout long, narrowed, the tip truncate ; mouth 

 small ; labial lobes much developed. Body slender, elongate ; limbs 

 very weak ; fingers and toes obtuse, free. Tail short, strongly 

 compressed, finned, the end rounded or obtusely pointed. Cloacal 

 opening as in Onyehodactylus. Skin smooth ; a more or less distinct 

 gular fold ; twenty-six or twenty-seven costal grooves. Uniform 

 flesh-coloured. 



'Total length 283 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 193 



Head (to middle of gular fold) . . 31 



Width of head 18 



Fore limb * 24 



Hind limb 20 



TaU 90 



Subterranean waters of the Alps of Carniola. • 



a. Adult. Carniola. Vienna Museum. (As typi- 



cal of H. laurentii.') 



b-c. Adult. Carniola. Vienna Museum. (As typi- 



cal of H. schreibersii.) 



d. Adult. Carniola. Vienna Museum. (As typi- 



cal of H. freyeri.) 



