126 Hay Batrachians and Reptiles of D. C. 



This triton has been taken at Dun Loring and Munson Hill, Va. It 

 is a southern species and its occurrence in our fauna is probably very 

 rare. 



8. Spelerpes longicaudus (Green). Long-tailed Triton. 



General appearance and proportions very similar to the preceding. 

 Above, bright yellow or orange with many black spots and specks, some 

 of which may form an interrupted band along the sides; tail with ver 

 tical black bars; below, the color is paler and there are no spots. Length 

 5 to 6 inches. 



Until the fall of 1896 this salamander was known from our region by 

 a single, very indefinite record which was all the more unsatisfactory 

 that the specimen had been lost. In September of that year I secured 

 a fine, well developed individual from among some damp leaves, near 

 Great Falls, on the Maryland side of the river. 



9. Spelerpes ruber ruber (Daudin). Red Triton. 



Body varying with age but rather heavy and clumsy; head depressed 

 and short, snout rather pointed ; tail about two fifths total length, strong 

 ly keeled. Color varying from clear coral red in the young to brownish 

 red in the fully adult; above, there are numerous small black spots, dis 

 tinct in the young but much diffused in old individuals. Length 3 to 6 

 inches. 



The typical form alone occurs here. It is very abundant and has been 

 recorded from nearly every spring in the vicinity. From the muddy 

 margins of a spring near Brookland, I once secured over twenty speci 

 mens and from a spring near Accotink, six. I have also seen it crawling 

 about on land after a rain. 



10. Desmognathus fusca fusca (Rafinesque). Brown Triton. 



Body rather heavily built and somewhat depressed; head flat, snout 

 rounded; limbs feebly developed; tail forming about one half total 

 length, circular at base, but much flattened posteriorly. Dark brown, 

 belly paler; back and sides often variously mottled with ocraceous or 

 grayish. Length 3 to 4 inches. 



This very active species is quite common about Washington. It is 

 usually found in springs and rapid streams where it can conceal itself 

 under stones and drift, but it is often to be observed lying in a sort of 

 burrow in moss or grass roots near the water. 



n. Diemictylus viridescens Rafinesque. Green Triton; Newt. 



Body rounded and full, with a sharp vertebral ridge; head tapering to 

 the rounded snout, and with three longitudinal grooves above; tail form 

 ing about one half the total length, flattened, tapering and with a more 

 or less developed membrane-like fin. Front legs weak, hind legs stout. 

 Above olive green or reddish of varying shades; lemon yellow below, 



