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VERTEBRATA, 
THE COMMON WAHTX-KEWT OF EUROPE. 
The Strait-lipped Wartt-Ke-wt, T. Bibronii, resembles the preceding, and was till lately eon- 
founded with it. Common in Europe. 
The Tiger Triton, T. tigrinus, is six to seyen inches long, bodj robust, cylindrical, and smooth ; 
fore-feet short, with four toes ; tail long ; color above bluish-black : occasionally found in de- 
THE SMOOTH NEWT. 
cayed hollow trees ; met with in Western New York. Other species are the Crimson-spotted 
Triton, T. millepunctatus — sometimes called Uvet — three to four inches long ; found in the 
