88 Strecker — Notes on Habits of Two Arkansas Salamanders. 



was about \}4 days at the time they were received. ) I supplied them 

 with moisture, but for some reason they never hatched. 



Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejn. 



BRIMLEY'S TRITON. 



The type lot of this species contained nearly forty specimens, all in a 

 rather poor state of preservation, but Combs afterwards sent me a number 

 of finely preserved examples. 



At Little Rock Mr. Hurter found Desmognathus brimleyorum associated 

 with Spelerpes mulliplicatus Cope, but with the exception of the small colony 

 under the Ambystoma log, no other species was found in company with 

 the Hot Springs specimens. Combs' first specimens were found under the 

 edges of flat rocks in the middle of a rather sluggish stream. Afterwards 

 others were found under planks, logs and rocks, in damp woods in close 

 proximity to water. 



The larger specimens are dusky, almost sooty or of various shades of 

 brown, withno distinct markings, while the young examples are typically of 

 a very light yellowish-brown with the upper part of the tail either dull red 

 or pinkish, and are more or less overlaid with dusky spots. Most of the 

 specimens were collected in March, April, October and November, but 

 occasionally a few were found in the summer. 



Combs gave the following information in regard to the breeding habits 

 of Desmognathus brimleyorum : 



' ' In the latter part of August or early in September the female triton 

 deposits her eggs, which are from 30 to 36 in number, and attached 

 together in strings, in a crevice in the under side of a rotten log or in a 

 mass of decaying wood near some small stream. The eggs are about an 

 eighth of an inch in diameter. The female is much attached to her eggs 

 and seldom goes far away from them. During a dry spell she will carry 

 them down into her hole with her, and if it rains again before they are 

 hatched, will again bring them to the surface." 



The following is a complete list of the species and subspecies collected 

 by Combs. Of those marked with a star I have received less than four 

 specimens. The majority of the others were collected in large series. 



BATRACHIA. 



Ambystoma annulatum Cope. 



Combs' salamander. 

 Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejn. 



Brimley's triton. 

 Plethodon glutinosus Green.* 



Viscid salamander. 

 Bufo lentiginosus americarnts Le- 

 Conte. 



American toad." 

 Engystoma carolinense Holbrook. 



Narrow-mouthed toad. 



Hyla versicolor chrysoscelis Cope. 



Western tree frog. 

 Chorophilus occidentalis Baird and 

 Girard.* 



Western chorus frog. 

 Rana pipiens Schreber. 



Leopard frog. 

 Rana catesbiana Shaw. 



Bull frog. 

 Rana clamitans Latreille. 



Spring frog. 



