CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. (553 



vermilion spots, each surrounded by a black ring ; back with a 

 pale streak ; belly with dots. 



" We have frequently found this salamander in the many 

 brooks that run into the Delaware, on the Jersey side, from 

 Trenton to Manunka Chunk. They lie upon flat stones, fre- 

 quently out of water, to which they betake themselves on being 

 pursued." [C. C. A.] 



D. miniatus, Raft. Red Eft, or Evet. 



Color vermilion red of various shades; paler or yellowish 

 below ; markings and habits same as preceding, of which it may 

 be a variety. Cope. Come out after a rain. 



" This and the preceding species of reptiles, improperly called 

 ' lizards/ are more or less abundant throughout the State. The 

 present species is not as abundant as the foregoing." 



Family DESMOGNATHIDJE. 



DBSMOQNATHUS, Bd. 



D. ochrophcea, Cope. Yellow Desmognath. 



Brownish yellow, with brown shade on side ; dorsal band 

 yellowish; few spots on back, none on belly; tail rounded. 

 Alleghanies of New York and southward. Jordan. Should 

 occur in our northern counties. Hard to distinguish from the 

 salamanders (Plethodontidce). 



D. fusca, Raf. Dusky Salamander. Water Lizard. 



Brown above, with gray or purplish spots ; becomes blackish 

 with age ; marbled below ; eyes prominent ; tail compressed and 

 keeled, as long as head and body ; fourteen costal folds. 



" This is the most abundant species of the family under con- 

 sideration. Every brook with a pebbly bottom appears to have 

 any quantity of them. Early in the spring, they may frequently 

 be found some distance from the brook, lying under flat stones. 

 The ground is always moist, however, when they are thus met 

 with. The common name of water lizard is a misnomer, the 

 animal not belonging to the lizard tribe." 



