THE 
WATER-NEWT, 
Generic Character. 
Body four-footed, tailed, naked. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Olive-brown Water-Lizard fpotted with black, 
with orange-colored abdomen, and fharp- 
edged finuated tail. 
The fmaller or common WATER-NEW 1 . 
The Lacerta Aquatica of Linnaeus, or common 
Water-Newt, is an inhabitant of almoft all ftagnant 
waters, and is generally of the fize reprefcnted in 
the prefent plate. Its color is an olive-brown, more 
or lefs deep in different individuals, the upper part 
of the body, and the tail, being fpotted with black: 
the abdomen is of a pale orange-color, and is fpot¬ 
ted, in a fimilar manner with black : the tail of the 
male is broader, more compreffed on the fides, and 
more finuated at the edges than that of the female : 
thefe finuated parts are extremely tranfparent, and 
if accurately examined, will be found to exhibit in 
a beautiful manner, the diftribution of the blood- 
veflels; for which reafon this animal is, perhaps, 
better 
