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Show 1905.] ON A NEW NEWT FROM YUNNAN. 277 5. Description of a new Newt from Yunnan. By G. A . B oulenger, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. [Received April 13, 1905.] (Plate XVII.*) Mr. John Graham, who has made so many additions to our knowledge of the Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes of Yunnan, the latest of which is the remarkable Discoglossid described by me as Bombinator maximus f , has also obtained several examples of a new Newt, which I propose to name in honour of Dr. WolterstorfT, of Magdeburg, one of our Corresponding Members, who for some years has been engaged on a Monograph of the Tailed Batrachians of the Old World. M olge w o l t er sto r f f i, sp. n. (Plate XVII.) Fronto-squamosal arch bony, thick. A chevron-shaped series of palatine teeth, the apex on a line with the choame. Tongue small, subelliptical, the sides slightly free. Head without grooves, once and one-fourth to once and one-tliird as long as broad, its length contained three and two-thirds to four times in the length to base of tail; the greatest width of the head behind the eyes, which are rather small and feebly prominent; snout broadly rounded ; labial lobes much developed. Body rounded in both sexes ; no dorsal crest, no vertebral riclge. Limbs moderate ; fingers and toes depressed, free; outer carpal and tarsal tubercles small but distinct, the latter sometimes very prominent. Tail strongly compressed, blade-like, with upper and lower crest, obtusely pointed, its length about that of head and body. Cloacal lips as in M. vulgaris. Skin perfectly smooth and shiny; a strong gular fold. Blackish olive above, with an orange or orange-vermilion vertebral stripe, with or without round or roundish spots or dots of the same colour; orange-vermilion beneath, with black spots or marblings, which may be confluent into longitudinal bands; lower edge of tail vermilion-orange. m<m?•. m¥m•. Total length ................... ... 1 10 140 From snout to cloaca....... ... 55 70 Head ............................... 16 19 Width of head................... 12 15 Fore limb ....................... 19 22 Hind limb ....................... 22 24 Tail ................................... 55 70 Of the six specimens sent by Mr. Graham, all except the male * For explanation of the Plate, see p. 278. f Ann. & Mag. N . H. (7) xv. 1905, p. 188, pi. xiii |