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Obdo VIII. ICHTHYODI % Fischlinge, 

 Fischmolche. 



Foramen his in utroque colli latere, illis branchiae di- 

 stinctae. 



Familia I. Hedraeoglossi, Haftzüngler. 



Trib. I. Branchiis nullis. (Ichth. ebranchia- 

 les, Ohnkiemen fischlinge.) 



Genus 1. SALAMANDROPS 2 ) , Molch. 



Habitus Tritonis; plantae digitus quartus et quintus pal- 

 mati; dentes palati per seriem unicam arcuatam dispositi. 

 {America.) 



Species: Salamandra gigantea Barton. Account on Siren 

 lacertina Philad. 1808. Id. Protonopsis gigantea. (Salamandra 

 alleghaniensis Dana 1 . Cuv. Rech, sur les oss. foss. T. 5. P- 2. 

 t. 26- f. 3. 4. 5. Abranchus alleghaniensis Hart. Ann. of the Lyc. 

 of nat. bist, of New -York Vol. I. t. 17. Id. Menopoma allegh. 

 1. c. p. 233. Suppl.) 



Gekus 2. AMPHIUMA 3 ) Garden, Aalmolch. 



Truncus elongatus Anguillae; digiti palmae plantaeque 

 liberi; dentes palati per seines duas longitudinales dispositi. 

 (America.) 



Species: Amphiuma didactylum Cuv. Mem. du Mus. d'hist. 

 nat. 14. p. 4. c. tab. f. 1. 2. 3. et Wagl. Ic. Amph. t. 19- f. 1. 

 (Amphiuma means Gard. Chrysodonta larvaeformis Mitchili 

 New -York Medic. Report. I. 1822- p. 529-) — Amphiuma 

 tridactylum Cuv. 1. c. p. 7. f. 4. 5- 6. et Wagl. 1. c. f. 2- 



Trib. II. Branchiis distinctis. (Ichth. bran- 

 chiales, Kiemenfi schlinge.) 



Genus 3. SIREDON, Sirede, Axolotl. 

 Habitus Tritonis, quadrupes; cutis juguli libera subli- 

 gaculi in morem dependens ; dentes maxillares et palatini , hi 



i) I%&V(i)d)]S piscis formam gerens. 



2) ZttkunavdQK salamandra, et WXp facies. — Gen. Cryptobranchus LcucJc. 

 Isis, Fitzing. Classific. der Rept. S. l\i. 



A Selection of the Correspondence of Linnae us and other Naturalists, 

 by James Edw. Smith. Vol. I. II. 8. London 1821. — Der Sippename Am- 

 phiuma wird wohl verändert werden müssen. Was soll Amphiuma heifsen? 

 Wagieb, Syst. der Amphib. 14 



