50 SALAMANDRA QUADRIMACULATA. 



The inferior surface of the whole animal is pepper-and-salt grey, with a strong 

 purple tinge; the upper surface of the extremities are dusky; the inferior are 

 dusky, tinged with purple. 



Dimensions. Length of head, 5 lines; length of body to vent, 1 inch 6 lines; 

 length of tail beyond vent, 1 inch 9 lines: total length, 3 inches 8 lines. 



Habits. This is a land animal, but I am ignorant of its habits, never having 

 seen but two living specimens. 



Geographical Distribution. The range of the Salamandra quadrimaculata is 

 much more extended in the Atlantic states than I had at first believed; it is 

 common in Georgia and Carolina, and is an inhabitant of Pennsylvania, from 

 which state I have received living specimens; and no doubt it may be found in 

 all the intermediate country. 



General Remarks. The specific name of this animal has been chosen from 

 the sub-quadrate red spots on the side of the mesial line; other Salamanders have 

 similar series of spots, but not of the same form; the Triton dorsalis has round 

 spots, but that is entirely a water animal; and the Salamandra symmetrica has in 

 like manner small round spots on either side of the vertebral line, but then that 

 has a rough skin. 



