2 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 



TYPHLOMOLGIDAE (FAMILY) 



Typhlomolge (GENUS) ^ 



Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 18, 1896, p. 620 

 TYPE : rathbuni 



Typhlomolge rathbuni Stejneger 

 Typhlomolge rathbuni Stejneger 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 18, Apr. 15, 1896, p. 620. 



TYPE LOCALITY : Artesian well 188 feet deep, at U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission Station, San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas. 

 RANGE : Known from vicinity of the type locality only. 



MUTABILIA (SUBORDER) 



Merrem, Syst. Amph., 1820, p. 166 



AMPHIUMIDAE (FAMILY) 



Amphiuma (GENUS) 



Garden, Smith's Correspondence of Linnaeus, Vol. 1, 1821, p. 599 

 type : means 



Amphiuma means Garden 



BLIND EEL, CONGO EEL, CONGO SNAKE 



Amphiuma means Garden 



Smith's Correspondence of Linnaeus, Vol. 1, 1821, p. 599 (descr. 

 p. 333). 

 Amphiuma means Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 216. 



TYPE locality: Not stated, bnt from the context evidently 



either Charleston or East Florida. 

 range : From Virginia south to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Amphiuma tridactylum Cuvier 

 Amphiuma tridactylum Cuvier 



Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 14, 1827, p. 7, pi. 1, figs. 4-6, pi. 2, 

 figs. 9-18. 



type locality: New Orleans, Louisiana. 



range : Northern Florida to southern Mississippi and Louisiana, 

 up the Mississippi Valley at least to Missouri. 



I It has been urged by several writers, with much vigor, that this genus should be placed next to 

 Typhlotriton in the Plethodontidae. The senior author, however, feels that it is unwise to postulate 

 the form which might be assumed were this permanent larva ever to transform. 



