. History of the expedition under the command of Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri River, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean [microform] : performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States. Lewis and Clark Expedition; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Botany; Zoology; Botanique; Zoologie; Indians of North America; Indiens d'Amérique. 900 BLACK LIZARD—WARTY SALAMANDER. I ' li.! brown, intermixed with yellowish-brown spots. The animal is covered with minute scales, interspersed with small horny pomts, like
. History of the expedition under the command of Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri River, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean [microform] : performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States. Lewis and Clark Expedition; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Botany; Zoology; Botanique; Zoologie; Indians of North America; Indiens d'Amérique. 900 BLACK LIZARD—WARTY SALAMANDER. I ' li.! brown, intermixed with yellowish-brown spots. The animal is covered with minute scales, interspersed with small horny pomts, like blunt prickles, on the upper surface of the body; the belly and throat resemble those of the frog, and are of a light yellowish-brown ; the edge of the belly is likewise beset with small horny projections, imparting to those edges a ser- rate appearance. The eye is small and dark; above and behind the eyes there are several projections of the bone; their ex- (/. 201) tremities being armed with a f^rm black substance, they resemble the appearance of horns sprouting from the head. These animals are found in greatest num- bers in the sandy open plains, and appear in the greatest abundance after a shower of rain. They are sometimes found baskmg in the sunshine, but conceal themselves in httle holes of the earth in much the greatest proportion of the time. This may account for their appearance in such numbers after rain, as their ^.oles may thus be rendered untenantable. and destitute of tallons. it's tail was reather longer than the body and in form hke that of the Muskrat, first rising in an arch higher than the back and decending ower than the body at the extremity, and flated [flattened] perpendicularly the be ly and under part of the neck and head were of a brick red every other part of the colour of the upper part of the body or dark brown, the mouth was smooth, without ; This description answers accurately to the characters of the warty salamander of Oregon and
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