CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 655 



S. longicaudus, Green. Cave Salamander. [Slender Salamander.] 



Lemon yellow ; many black spots on sides, also a median 

 series on back, none on belly ; tail keeled, very long, spotted or 

 barred with black. Size large; costal folds, 13. 



" Not abundant. Frequents similar rocky land as the above, 

 and is found associated with it." 



S. ruber, 'Daud. (Pseudotriton, Bd.) Red Triton. 



Vermilion red, with black or brown spots ; head wide. Costal 

 folds, 15; size large. A variable species. 



" Not as abundant as the next, and found in the same portions 

 of the State." 



GYRINOPHILUS, Cope. 



Q. porphyriticus, Green (S. salmonea, Stor.) Purple Salamander. 

 [Yellow Triton.] 



Uniform purplish gray above ; head broad ; tail rounded at 

 base, not finned ; size large ; aquatic. " It snaps fiercely but 

 harmlessly, and throws its body into contortions in terror." 

 Cope. Alleghany system. 



" Not abundant. This species is met with about Trenton and 

 the central portions of the State." I should judge from the 

 name " Yellow Triton," bracketed above, that the S. longicaudus 

 was intended. J. N. 



Family AMBLYSTOMIDJE. 



Big Salamanders. 



AMBLYSTOMA, Tschudi. 



A. opacum, Grav. (fasciata, Green.) Opaque Salamander. 



Black above, with bluish- gray bars; belly dark blue; no dor- 

 sal furrow nor enlarged pores on head. Tail, 2| inches in 

 length ; body stout ; costal grooves, 1 1 . 



"About as abundant as A. tigrinum, and is more generally 

 distributed, although not as abundant in Sussex and Warren 

 counties as in Cape May county." 



