78 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 



THE LONG-TAILED SALAMANDER. 



Salamandra longicauda. 



PLATE XVII. FIG. 41.— (CABINET OF THE LYCEUM.) 



Salamandra longicauda. Green, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 1, p. 351. 



>S. longicaudata. Harlan, Med. and Phys. Researches, p. 96. 



S. longicauda. Holbrook, N. Am. Herpetology, Vol. 3, p. Ill, pi. 26. 



Characteristics. Yellow ; with numerous small black spots, becoming transverse bars on the 

 tail. Tail more than twice the length of the body. Length 6 inches. 



Description. Body slender, cylindrical. Head short ; snout obtuse. Nostrils lateral, and 

 near the end of the snout. Eyes small, but prominent. Palatine teeth in a diverging series. 

 Tongue pediculated. Chin and neck smooth, with a slight gular fold. Tail compressed at 

 the sides, slender, ending in a delicate point. Fore legs long and slender, with four slender 

 subequal toes. 



Color. The general color throughout is yellow. Head, body, chin and throat lemon-color ; 

 breast and abdomen yellowish white ; under side of the fore and hind legs straw-colored. 

 Head and body above, and on the sides, sprinkled with numerous small irregular black spots, 

 points and dashes ; these become confluent on the posterior part of the body and sides of the 

 tail, forming vertical bars : all beneath immaculate. Pupil black ; iris golden. 



Length, 5-0-6-0. 



Of the tail, 3-2-3"5. 



The only specimen I have seen of this animal, is that in the Cabinet of the Lyceum, 

 obtained near this city. Professor Green, its original describer, observed it near Albany. 

 It is essentially aquatic, and is among the most beautiful of the genus. It usually affects 

 deep caverns containing running water, and in this respect is associated in its habits with the 

 Proteus of Carniola. It has been found at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in Ohio ; but its 

 southern limits have not been ascertained. 



THE GRANULATED SALAMANDER. 



Salamandra granulata. 

 PLATE XXIII. FIG. 66. — (STATE COLLECTION.) 

 Salamandra granulata. HoLBROOK, N. Am. Herpetology, Vol. 5. 



Characteristics. Greenish slate above, varied with grey and brown beneath. Tail slightly 

 longer than the head and body. Length 6-7 inches. 



Description. Upper surface of the body and head as far as the eyes smooth, but under 

 the lens, exhibiting an appearance like shagreen. Head above flattened, sub-truncate in front. 



