AMPHITJM3DJR. 137 



Genus non clet. 



The following specimens may belong either to Molge or Sala- 

 mandra. 



33273. Two imperfect presacral vertebrae ; from the Middle Miocene 

 of Sansan (Gers), Erance. 



Presented by Monsieur Edouard Lartet. 



Family AMPHIUMID^E. 



No gills in the adult ; maxillae present ; teeth in both jaws ; 

 .palatines aborted ; vertebrae amphiccelous. 



Genus CRYPTOBRANCHUS, Leuckart 1 . 



" , Syn. Proteocordylus, Eichwald 2 . 

 Andrias, Tschudi 3 . 

 Megalobatrachus, Tschudi 4 . 

 Hydrosalamandra, Leuckart 5 . 



A series of vomerine teeth parallel with and approximated to 

 those of the margins of the jaws. Two or four branchial arches. 

 Digits 4-5. 



The reduction of the branchial arches to two and the abortion of 

 the spiracles in 0. (Megalobatrachus) maccimus do not seem to be 

 characters worthy of generic distinction. 



Cryptobranchus scheuchzeri (Holl 6 ). 

 Syn. Protee gigantesque, Salamandre gigantesque, Cnvier 7 . 

 Salamandra scheuchzeri, Holl 8 . 

 Proteocordylus diluvii, Eichwald 9 . 

 Salamandra gigantea, Meyer 10 . 

 Andrias scheuchzeri, Tschudi n . 

 Cryptobranchus primigenius, Van der Hoeven 12 . 



1 Isis, 1821, p. 260. 



2 Zool. Specialis, vol. iii. p. 165 (1831). 



3 Neues Jahrb. 1837, p. 545. 4 Ibid. p. 547. 



5 Froriep's Neue Notizen, vol. xiii. p. 19 (1840). 



6 Handbuch d. Petrefactenkunde, p. 95 (1830). — Salamandra. 



7 Ann. d. Museum, vol. xiii. p. 411 (1809). Clashes with Salamandra 

 gigantea, Barton. 8 Loc. cit. 



9 Zool. Specialis, vol. iii. p. 165 (1831). 



10 Palieologica, p. 117 (1832). 



11 Neues Jahrb. 1837, p. 545. 12 ibid. 1838, p. 165. 



