128 SALAMANDRA BILINEATA. 



animal is bright yellow, and the skin so delicate as to allow the intestines to be 

 seen, which gives to the animal a darker appearance along the mesial line. 



Dimensions. Length of head and neck to anterior extremities, 5 lines; length 

 of body to vent, 1 inch 3 lines; length of tail beyond vent, 2 inches 2 lines; total 

 length, 3 inches 10 lines. 



Habits. The Salamandra bilineata is found on land, but in damp, moist places, 

 and is more lively and active than Salamanders in general. It lives concealed 

 under rocks or old trees, whence it emerges after a rain, or in the dusk of evening, 

 to seek its prey. 



Geographical Distribution. This animal has a wide range; Dr. Pickering 

 has observed it in Salem, Massachusetts; Professor Green in Jersey; and I have 

 found it in the lower part of North Carolina, and have received it from Greenville, 

 in South Carolina. 



General Remarks. Professor Green first observed and described this Sala- 

 mander under the name it here bears; and Dr. Harlan afterwards, apparently 

 unaware of this, gave of it another description as the Salamandra flavissima, a 

 name which must now be erased from our catalogue of reptiles. 



