120 SALAMANDRA CIRRIGERA. 



brown, with an irregular series of small white spots; the abdomen is yellowish- 

 white, with a slight purple tinge along the mesial line; the extremities are 

 coloured like the back above, and like the abdomen below, though more dusky. 



Dimensions. Length of head and neck to anterior extremities, 4 lines; length 

 of body to vent, 1 inch 4 lines; length of tail, 1 inch 7 lines; total length, 3 inches 

 4 lines. 



Habits. Not much is known of the habits of this salamander; it, however, 

 lives on land, and probably never seeks the water but in the breeding season; 

 and yet the barbels at the snout would seem to indicate an aquatic animal. 



Geographical Distribution. Louisiana and Mississippi are as yet the only 

 States in which this salamander has been observed. 



General Remarks. The general appearance of this animal is so much like 

 the Salamandra bilineata, that I was for a long time unwilling to receive it as 

 a distinct species, not regarding the cirri as an indisputable specific character; 

 for it is well known that many salamanders put out "singular ornaments," or 

 have curious developments at certain periods of the year; yet Dr. Green believes 

 these cirri to be permanent in the male. The distinctive characters perhaps the 

 most to be depended on, between this animal and the Salamandra bilineata, 

 should the barbels be wanting, which sometimes happens, is the shape of the tail: 

 in the former it is compressed laterally throughout its whole extent, and in the 

 latter it is round; besides, one inhabits the Atlantic states generally, while the 

 other is confined as far as is known to the extreme south. 



