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Mt. in Georgia. It seems odd that no form of this group has yet been 

 taken in the Black Mts. Probably all the ranges of the Southern Appala- 

 chians which have any considerable area above 3000 feet support an animal 

 of this group. Most of them are inhabitated by metcalfi but on two ranges 

 are forms which have developed or retained red in the coloration. 



Plethodon metcalfi Brimley. 



White Top (3500-4500 feet), 60 (new record for Virginia); Linville, 52. 

 Excessively common; with D. o. carolinensis the characteristic salamander 

 of the woods above 3000 feet. 



Plethodon cinereus (Green). 

 White Top (4000 feet), 9; Linville (4200 feet), 17; Crozet, 1. 



Desmognathus quadra-maculatus (Holbrook). 

 White Top, 29; Abingdon, 2; Linville, 38; Mt. Sterling, 6. 



Desmognathus monticola Dunn. 

 Midway, 5; Manteo, 3; White Top, 9; Linville, 8; Mt. Sterling, 4; 

 Crozet, 4. 



This species at Midway and Manteo lives at the heads of narrow deep 

 ravines cut in the Piedmont plateau. Evidently mountain conditions are 

 reproduced in these dark cool gorges. 



Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Rafinesque). 

 Midway, 8; Manteo, 4; White Top (5000 feet), 14; Spring City, 15 

 (one with 15 eggs July 30); Anniston, 19 (with eggs Aug. 8, Aug. 18); 

 Crozet, 3. 



It may seem odd to find this species on White Top, but the conditions 

 there make it evident that fuscus has come in from the west and is able 

 to hold its own on account of the large unforested area on White Top. 

 On the higher open meadows of this mountain fuscus is the species of 

 salamander around the springs, while monticola is found in the narrow 

 gorges shaded by heavy stands of timber. 



Desmognathus ochrophaeus carolinensis Dunn. 

 White Top (up to 5500 feet), 40 (new record for Virginia); Linville, 

 23; Mt. Sterling, 16. 



Several of these were found in the spruce forest on top of White Top. 

 No other salamanders reached so high — most dropping out as the pasture 

 belt was reached. 



Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green). 

 Midway, one adult and one larva in spring. 



Gyrinophilus danielsi (Blatchley). 

 Linville, one adult under a piece of bark in woods and 4 larvae in very 

 small brooks. 



Pseudotriton montanus Baird. 



Abingdon, one adult in mud near a spring; Spring City, one adult under 

 a log in woods, and 2 larvae in a spring. 



