PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
XII. A Historical and Anatomical Description of a doubtful am- 
phibious Animal of Germany , called, by Laurenti, Proteus 
Anguinus. By Charles Schreibers, M. D. of Vienna. Com- 
municated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B 
P. R. S. 
Read March 26, 180 1. . 
The singular and ambiguous animal of which I have the 
honour to give the following description, lives in a small lake 
in Carniolia, called, Sitticher See. 
This country is celebrated for its lakes, and subterraneous 
caverns filled with water. One of its largest lakes is the famous 
lake of Czirknitz, which seems to be the source of all the others; 
at least there is no doubt that all of them have some connection 
with each other, by subterraneous, though still unexplored com- 
munications : this is ascertained by the repeated and reciprocal 
risings, and corresponding depressions of the water, in spring 
and autumn. 
Notwithstanding this circumstance, the animal here spoken of 
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