48 CATALOGUE OF AMPHIBIA, 
“‘ Sphenoidal teeth on two plates, not in contact, dined ba eo 
hind. Toes dilated at the top into sucker-like disks, as in Hyla. " 
Baird, |. c. 282. 
(Edipus Tschudi, Batr. 58. 93. 18388; Bonap. Fauna Ital. ii. 181. 
n. 8.; Fitz. S.R. 34. (not Lesson, 1840.) 
Salamandra sp. Cuvier, R. A. 
1. CEDIPUS VARIEGATUS. 
Yellow brown, with three irregular slightly inosculatory dorsal 
streaks. 
Salamandra platydactyla Cuv. Mus. Paris. 
(Edipus platydactylus Tschudi, Bair. 93. 1834; Fitz. S. R. 34. ; 
Bonap. Fauna Ital. 1. 131.; Baird, |. c. 286. 
Salam. variegata Gray, Griffith, A. K. ix. 107. 
a. In spirits. Tail reproduced, short, conical, thick. Mexico. 
b. In spirits. ‘Tail perfect, tapering, longer than body and 
head. Mexico. 
K. ath as broad, peltate, attached by a round central pedicel, and by 
a small Srenum on the front edge-—Ensatinina. 
12. ENSATINA. 
Head depressed. Nose short. Eyes large, prominent. Paro- 
tids none. — Skin smooth. ~ Sides folded across.— Joes 4: 5, 
elongate, free, slender.— Tail subcylindric, rounded beneath, 
attenuated. — Tongue very large, round, expanded, attached by a 
round central pedicel, and a slight round belt on the front mar- 
gin. — Palatine teeth in two regular transverse arched woclas 
partly behind the inner nostrils. Sphenoid toothless. 
1. Ensatina EscuscHortzit. 
Smooth, ferruginous. Back marbled. Tail pointed, nearly as long 
as the body ; beneath thick, above rather compressed. 
Triton ensatus E’schscholiz, Zool. Atlas, 6. t. 22. f. 1—12. 
a,b,c. In spirits. California. Half-grown and young.  —_ 
