PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Third Series 



Zoology Vol. IV, No. 4* 



Issued March 14, 1906 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS 



PLETHODON (PLETHODON VANDYKEI) FROM 



MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON 



BY JOHN VAN DENBURGH 

 Curator of the Department of Herpetolof^y 



In a small collection of amphibians secured in Washington 

 by Dr. Edwin Cooper Van Dyke, Curator of the Depart- 

 ment of Entomology, is an apparently undescribed species 

 of salamander, which I take pleasure in naming, in honor of 

 its collector, 



Plethodon vandykei sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Similar in general appearance to Plethodon intermedins, but 

 much larger and stouter; costal grooves 12-13; toes and fingers webbed, 

 only 2 phalanges of third and fourth toes free; adpressed limbs separated 

 by 1 costal interspace; tail but slightly compressed ; paratoid well developed; 

 a dorsal band, not red ; lower surfaces black. 



Type.— Cal Acad. Sci. No. 6910, Paradise Valley, Mt Rainier Park, 

 Washington, Dr. E. C. Van Dyke, July 15-31, 1905. 



Description. — General form similar to P. oregonensis, but body not quite 



so much flattened, tail less compressed, and limbs shorter and stouter ; tail 



March 12, 1906. 



* Note. — Only a few copies of the original edition of this paper (Third Series, Vol. 

 IV, Nos. 4 and 5, Zoology, pp. 61-67) had been distributed prior to the great fire of 

 April 18, 1906, in, which practically the entire edition was lost. To enable libraries 

 and individuals to complete their files of the Proceedings this exact reprint is issued 

 March 26, 1915. Barton W. Evermann, Editor. 



