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Habits. — This salamander is commonly found in caves, 

 and, as a rule, not far from the entrance, usually barely 

 bej'ond twilight. Banta and McAtee state that sometimes 

 it ventures into deeper recesses, being reported from a 

 spot one and a half miles within Wyandotte Cave. It 

 resorts regularly to such places to lay its eggs, as larvae 

 have been found in the remoter portions of Wyandotte, 

 Mayfield, and Mammoth Caves. The writer found this 

 salamander plentiful near Pevely, Jefferson Co., near 

 springs originating in the limestone formation, but there 

 is no cave in the whole neighborhood. They are generally 

 found under slabs on the sides of gullies, which indicates 

 that they are more or less independent of caves. Near 

 Marble Cave I found in two small caves a lot of maculi- 

 caudus and stejiiegeri together. They are generally found 

 clinging to the walls of the cave. In the cave near Burks- 

 ville, Monroe Co., 111., I caught with a dip net an adult 

 and three larvae May 11, 1903, far away from the mouth 

 of the cave, which was at the bottom of a sink-hole. The 

 whole cave, through which a little creek ran, seemed to be 

 just a drain of quite a number of such sink-holes. For the 

 breeding habits and the development I may refer the 

 reader to the life history of this salamander by Banta and 

 McAtee in the Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 

 Vol. 30. This species was originally described from a 

 specimen sent to Professor Cope from Brookville, Indiana. 



Dates of capture. — Apr. 15, Nov. 30. 



14. Spelerpes stejnegeri Eigenmann. Stejneger's Cave 

 Salamander. 



Description. — Head a little wider than neck. Snout nearly trun- 

 cate. Eyes prominent. Tongue attached by a pedicle. Vomerine teeth 

 arranged in the shape of a V with the anterior limbs ending behind 

 the internal nares. A gular fold turning well up on the sides of the 

 neck. A groove from the eye to the gular fold. Costal grooves 13. 



Body slender. Fingers and toes do not meet on the sides by a space 

 equal to at least the width of an intercostal space. In small specimens 

 this space is less, and the legs may even meet. Feet and toes well 



