516 ZOOLOGY BATRACHIANS AND REPTILES. 



BATRACHIA. 



URODELA. 



FAM. AMBLYSTOMIDAE. 



Genus AMBLYSTOMA, Tschudi. 

 AMBLYSTOMA MAVORTIUM, Bd. 



a. MAVORTIUM. 



Amblystoma mavortium, BD., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila,, 2d ser., i, 1849, 284, 292 (New 



Mexico). HALLOW., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, 1858, 352. BD., P. R. 



R. Rep., x, 1859, Gunnison's & Beckwith's Route, Reptiles, 20. Id., P. R. 



R. Rep., xii, 1862, pt. ii, 306. COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1807, 



184. MARSH, Am. Jour. Sci. & Arts, xlvi, Nov., 1868. COPE, Am. Jour. 



Sci. & Arts, i, Feb., 1S71. ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist,, xvii, 1874, 



70. COPE, Check-List N. A. Batrach. & Kept., 1875, 25. 

 Aniblystoma proserpine, BAIRD. & GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, 173. 



HALLOW., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila,, iii, 1858, 354. BD., U. S. & Mex. 



Bound. Surv., pt. ii, 1859, Reptiles, 29, pi. xxxv, figs. 7-14. 

 Amlrytitoma maculatum, HALLOW., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1857, 215. Id., Jour. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, 1858, 355. 



Desmiostoma maculatum, SAGER, Peuins. Jour. Med., 1858, 428. 

 Camarataxis maculata, HALLOW., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, 209. COPE, Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 123. 

 Amllystoma nebuloswm, HALLOW., Sitgreave's Exp. Zuiii & Col. Riv., 1853, 143, pi. 



20. Id., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, 1858, 352. 

 Amblystoma? nebulosum, HALLOW., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila,, 1866, 300. 



b. CALIFORNIENSE. 



Siredon lickenoides, BD., Stans. Rep. Exp. Great Salt Lake, 1852, 336, pi. i. 

 AmbJyutoma californiense, GRAY, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1853, 11, pi. 7 (Monterey). 

 HALLOW., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, 1858, 355. 



HAB. United States in the Central, Souorau, and Pacific Districts. 



These interesting tailed BatracJiia are quite common in the semi-stagnant 

 pools and lakes of the Western States and Territories, and a glance at the list 

 given will show that forty-three specimens were collected, not only iirthe 

 adult state, but the larval ; the list also shows the localities where collected. 



