McAtee — Mammals, Reptiles and Batrachians of Indiana. 13 



found within the Ijoundaries of the State being known to breed 

 here. In the numerous eaves and cave streams the members 

 of the genus Speleriws are abundant, and the other Plethodon- 

 tidae find suitable homes among the rocky hills and valleys. 

 The most noted locality for batrachians is Salamander Pond, 

 a pool about fifty feet in diameter on the sunniiit of a rather 

 high divide less than three miles from the University. In this 

 pond Amhystoma microstomum, jcffersonianvii^, tigrmiim, puncta- 

 tum, and opacam, Diemyctylns viridescens and several species of 

 toads and frogs breed. 



1. *Necturus maculatus Eaf. 

 WATEK-DOG. 



Occasionally seen in the larger creeks. 



2. Ambystoma microstomum (Cope). 

 SMALL-MOUTHED SALAMANDER. 

 This species has been taken a few times abont the month of Mayfield's 

 Cave and at Salamander Pond. 



3. Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green). 



JEFFERSON'S SALAMANDER. 

 A very abnndant species. INIore than one hnndred and fifty liave been 

 taken at one haul of a net in Salamander Pond. They appear in the 

 pond in January. Eggs have been taken as early as the sixteenth of that 

 month and they are abundant as soon as tlie ice leaves. The young have 

 heen ol^served transforming in the latter part of July. 



4. Ambystoma tig:rinum (Green). 



TIGER SALAMANDER. 



Rather rare. A few have been taken from under logs in winter and a 

 very few have been observed at Salamander Pond during the breeding 

 season. 



5. Ambystoma punctatum (hinn.). 



SPOTTED SALAMANDER. 



Moderately common. Breeds in several small ponds near Bloomington, 

 including Salamander Pond, and may be found immediately after sjiawn- 

 ing, under logs and stones in the woods and fields. 



6. Ambystoma opacum (Gravenliorst). 



MARBLED SALAMANDER. 



Conuuon. In September and October, this species, witli eggs, occurs in 

 Salamander Pond. The nests are cavities in tlie ground, near the surface, 

 under chunks of wood or the dried crust of algae and other plants. They 

 contain from fifty to more than one hundred and fifty eggs. The larvae 

 may reacli a length of an incli while in the egg, but tliey must have water 



