. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 128 URODELA beautiful 2\ rittatas of Asia Minor. From China and Japan I are known T. pijrrliogaster and T. sinensis. The North American species are T. torosus and T. viridescens. The former, of "Western Xorth America, is one of the largest newts, reaching a length of more than six inches. The head i.'; much depressed and broad, and has very prominent parotoid and other glands. The limbs are strong, especially in the â¢. male. The skin of the upper parts is very granular, uniform i dark brown, w^ithout a crest. The tail, which is larger than the he
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 128 URODELA beautiful 2\ rittatas of Asia Minor. From China and Japan I are known T. pijrrliogaster and T. sinensis. The North American species are T. torosus and T. viridescens. The former, of "Western Xorth America, is one of the largest newts, reaching a length of more than six inches. The head i.'; much depressed and broad, and has very prominent parotoid and other glands. The limbs are strong, especially in the â¢. male. The skin of the upper parts is very granular, uniform i dark brown, w^ithout a crest. The tail, which is larger than the head and body, is strongly compressed, with a low dorsal ! and ventral fin. The under parts and the lower edge of the tail are uniform yellow or orange red. The iris is green. A specimen in my keeping spends most of its time in the cracks of rotten stumps or on the top of moss in the darkest shade. It lives on earthworms but despises insects. Like most of the i other newts it becomes lively at dusk. j T. viridescens is common throughout the Northern and \ Eastern parts of the United States. Large females are about -j 11 cm. long, the males 1 cm. less. The I general colour above is brown, with a i tinge of green; on each side of the trunk, with a row of bright vermilion I spots; the under parts are orange, j studded with small black dots. Half- grown specimens are brownish red, with the same lateral red spots as the J adult. According to Jordan,^ this voracious species lives chiefly on the larvae of insects, on small molluscs , Fk;. 2\.~TrUo,i riridescens. 1, such as Cyclas and PJanoyhis, on earth- j Egg just after deposition, with i n n i. Ti. ⢠I the outer membrane opened. ^^'O^^S and On SmaU CrUStacea. It IS ' X 6: 2. a spermatophore just eminently aquatic in the adult stage. discharged .showing its gelatin- mi ^ ^ â -\ p « -i . t ous base with a projecting spike The cggs are laid from April to June, which bears a tuft of spermato- the period lasting for one individual
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