56 SALAMANDRA BILINEATA. 



Colour. The upper surface of the animal is brownish-yellow, with a black 

 lateral line on each side, which begins behind the orbit of the eye, and is continued 

 without interruption along the flanks, above the anterior and posterior extremities, 

 and is generally lost near the end of the tail. The inferior surface of the whole 

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

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



Dimensions. Length of head, 3 lines; length of body to vent, 1 inch 5 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 places only, 

 and is more lively and active than are 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 

 and Pendleton, in South Carolina. 



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

 mander under the name it here bears. 



Dr. Harlan afterwards, apparently unaware of this, gave of it another descrip- 

 tion as the Salamandra flavissima, a name which must consequently be erased 

 from our catalogue of reptiles, as that imposed by Professor Green has the right 

 of priority. 



