70 FRESH-WATEU FISHES. 



We met with it at an elevation of six thousand 

 feet. The delicate little tree frog, Hyla viridis, 

 is frequently seen. The most curious of Lycian 

 Amphibia is a salamander, which lives under 

 stones in rocky waste and dry places, for the 

 most part among the hills, at elevations between 

 two and four thousand feet ; but we once met 

 with a specimen on a low hill in the valley of the 

 Xanthus. It is a sluggish animal, about four 

 inches in length, quite smooth, orange-brown, 

 with brown and grey markings on the back ; 

 pearly grey sides, and livid orange belly. Its 

 tail is long and tapering, and is orange speckled 

 with black ; as are also the legs. The young 

 specimens were paler than those met with full- 

 grown. It is probably an undescribed species. 



Fresh-water fishes are rare. We were unsuc- 

 cessful in our attempts to procure any from the 

 Xanthus; though the natives assured us that in 

 spring they were plentiful, and were fished for 

 with rod and line, a leech being used as bait. 

 An eel (Anguilla acutirostris f) abounds in the 

 marshes and ditches of the plain between Xanthus 

 and the sea. In the highlands we saw fish in 

 some of the small streams. The Gule Hissar 

 lake on the Cibyratic plain abounds in barbel 



