258 BATKACHIA. 



two longitudinal lines ; no projecting parotid glands ; four 

 toes on the fore- and hind-feet. Only one species known. 



Salamandrina perspicillata. 



Salamandrina perspicillata, Ddm. et Bib. toI. ix. p. 69; Buon. Faun. 



Ital. (figured). 

 Balamandra perspicillata, Scihnz, Europ. Faun. vol. ii. p. 59. 



Description. — Body very long for its width ; head distinct 

 from the trunk ; all the feet with four toes each ; palatal 

 teeth in two ranges, which are parallel at first, and then 

 divergent, forming the letter Y; tail long and rounded, 

 with a slight ridge along the top. The whole of the upper 

 parts are black, with the exception of a curved orange 

 mark, shaped like a horseshoe, on the head, with the con- 

 vex side towards the back of the animal, and the extremities, 

 which are widened, towards the eyes ; the belly is dull 

 white, with black spots ; the under part of the tail and the 

 soles of the feet are blood-red. No dimensions given. 



Inhabits all the Tuscan Apennines, and probably the 

 whole of that range of mountains ; found by Prince Buona- 

 parte near Ascoli, and on the shores of the Lago di Albano, 

 and has been taken on Vesuvius. M. Savi obtained speci- 

 mens from Sardinia. 



Genus PLEURODELES. 



Tongue small, warty, free behind and on the sides, ad- 

 hering in front ; palatine teeth in two longitudinal rows, 

 nearly parallel, and nowhere divergent ; the extremities of 

 the ribs piercing the skin, and visible on the surface ; tail 

 long, compressed. Only one species. 



