136 Brimley — Notes on Salamanders of North Carolina. 



Family AMBYSTOMIDjE. 



*Ambystoma jeffersonianum Green. 



JEFFERSON'S SALAMANDER. 



" Very numerous under logs below the fir belt on Roan Mt., Mitchell 

 Co." (Khoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. 8c. Phil.. 1895, p. 402.) 



Ambystoma punctatum Linn. 

 SPOTTED SALAMANDER. 



Andrews, Cherokee Co., May 13, 1908, two small specimens (CSB). 

 *Ambystoma talpoideum Holbr. 



MOLE SALAMANDER. 



"Abundant in the high valley in northwestern North Carolina, in which 

 the French Broad River takes its origin from mountain streams." (Cope, 

 Batrachia of North America, 1889, p. 53.) 



Family SALAMANDRIDJ1. 

 Diemyctylus viridescens Rat. 



AMERICAN NEWT. 



Taken at Blantyre, Transylvania Co., Highlands, Macon Co., May, 

 1908 (FS & CSB) ; Grandfather Mt., Watauga Co., Sept. 11, 1908 (ZPM), 

 and at Sunburst, Haywood Co., May, 1912 (CSB). The highest eleva- 

 tion of which we have record is 5000 feet on Grandfather Mt. According 

 to my observations at Raleigh and in the mountains this species would 

 appear to live in water only during the cooler portions of the year and to 

 aestivate on land under dead logs and similar hiding places. 



Family PLETHODOXTID.E. 

 *Desmognathus nigra Green. 



BLACK TRITON. 

 Not taken by any of us. Rhoads records two adults from Roan Ait. 

 (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 1895, p. 400), and Moore calls it abundant 

 in the vicinity of Grandfather Mt. (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 1890, pp. 

 316-323), but we are inclined to think the latter record is a mistake as 

 Sherman, Metcalf and H. H. Brimley have all collected salamanders in 

 numbers on Grandfather, but have never taken this species, hence we 

 think Dr. Moore mistook the large dark-bellied specimens of D. quadri- 

 maculatus for this species. 



Desmognathus ochrophaea Cope. 



ROUND-TAILED TRITON. 

 Abundant throughout the regions collected in, particularly at the higher 

 elevations. Mostly found in water, but to some extent under logs. Over 

 thirty taken from one spring near the summit of Mount Mitchell, at an 

 elevation of 0500 feet, by Sherman and H. H. Brimley on Oct. 2, 1002. 

 Other localities are Bald and Sampson Nits, and Cane River, Yancey Co. ; 

 Blantyre, Transylvania Co.; Highlands, Wayah Bald Mt., and Aquone, 

 Macon Co. ; Sunburst, Haywood Co.; and Grandfather Mt. It does not 



