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2. TARICHA? LUGUBRIS. 
Head large, Eyes very prominent. Tail rather longer than the 
body, which is cylindrical. Head, tail, extremities, and the rest 
of the animal, dark olive above, lighter beneath. An indistinct, 
regular row of yellowish spots on each side; several small 
spots. Palatine teeth 
Salamandra lugubris Halliwell, Journ. A. N. S. Philad. 1848, 
126. 
Hab. Monterey, Upper California. 
This species wants further examination. 
8. BRADYBATES. 
Head small. Muzzlerounded. Forehead compressed. Palatine 
teeth few. Tongue very small, papillary, entirely adherent. Ex- 
ternal nostrils under the eyes. Parotids indistinct. — Limbs 
short.—eet small.— Toes 4:5, free.— Tail short, roundish, 
turgid at the base.—Ribs distinct. 
Bradybates T'schudi, Batr. 56.91.; Bonap. Amph. Eur. 66., Fauna 
Ital. ii. 131. 
1. BRADYBATES VENTRICOSUS. 
Brown, with obsolete very small transverse lines. Tail much 
shorter than the body. 
Bradybates ventricosus Tschudi, Batr. 91. t.2. f. 2.; Bonap. Amph. 
Eur. 66., Fauna Ital. t. .f.4.; Fitz. S. R. 33. 
Hab. Spain. Mus. Neuchatel, and Mus. Bonaparte, Rome. 
9. LOPHINUS. 
Parotids and lines on the head porous.—Skin smooth (or minutely 
granular when on land).—Sides with a blood-vessel, but no series 
of pores between the axilla and groin.— Tongue small, oblong.— 
Palatine teeth in two close longitudinal lines gradually diverging 
behind.— Orbits in palate slightly convex.— Toes 4:5, free, lobed, 
or webbed. — Tail compressed. — Back and tail of male with a 
continued crest. 
Lophinus Rafin. Anal. Nat. 78. 1815. 
Triton sp. Tschudi, Batrac. 95.; Bonap. Amph. Eur. 70, 71. 
Lissotriton sp. Bell, Brit. Rept. 332.; Pitz. S. Rh. 33. sols 
Triton, § 2. Gray in Griffith's A. K. ix. | ‘aie 
