1917.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



NOTES ON SALAMANDERS. 

 BY HENRY W. FOWLER AND EMMETT REID DUNN. 



All annotated list of the tailed amphibians contained in the 



collection of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is 



given in this paper. In some cases pertinent notes and remarks are 



added, and in the Plethodontidse, as now understood, some taxonomic 



relations are suggested and one new species is described from western 



Pennsylvania. 



AMPHIUMID^. 

 Amphiuma means Garden. 



Thirteen examples, six without data, others from South Carolina 

 (Dr. J. E. Holbrook), Georgia (Dr. Jones), and Mobile, Alabama 

 (Dr. Nott). All have two toes. 



Amphiuma tridactyla (Fitzinger). 



Four examples without data, all three-toed. Also one labelled 

 ^'Colorado Springs" (Tatnall). 



SIRENID^. 

 Siren lacertina LinnS. 



Nineteen examples, four without data, and others from: Alton, 

 Illinois; Savannah, Georgia (Dr. Egghng); Alabama; Pecos (Dr. 

 A. E. Brown) and San Diego (W. Taylor), Texas; Volusia and Argo, 

 Pasco County, Florida. 

 Pseudobranchus striatus Le Conte. 



Four from Georgia (Major Le Conte and Dr. W. L. Jones). Five 

 from Argo, Pasco County, Florida (G. Pine). 



PROTEID^. 

 Proteus anguineus Laurenti. 



Five from Adelsberg (Dr. H. H. Smith and Dr. Folz), Styria 



(Capt. McClellan), Carniola (M. Van Schraiber), and Ulyria. Also 



five without locality (C. L. Bonaparte). 



Proteus anguineus var. carrarae (Fitzinger). 



One without locality (Bonaparte). 



Necturus maculosus Rafinesque. 



Ten without data, and fifteen from New York and Ithaca (Dr. 

 A. E. Brown); Essington (J. T. Gardiner on March 2, 1900) and 

 Indiana (R. W. Wehrle), Pennsylvania; Ohio (J. Speakman); 



