CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 3 



Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Daudin) 

 HELL-BENDER 



Salamandra alleganiensis Daudin 



Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 8, 1803, p. 231. 

 Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis Van der Hoeven 



Tijdschr. Nat. Geschied. Physiol., Vol. 4, 1837, p. 384. 

 Cryptobranchus allegheniensis Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1899, p. 38, fig. 5. 



TYPE locality: Allegheny Mountains in Virginia. 

 range: Western New York, Ohio River and tributaries, and 

 southward to Georgia and Louisiana. 



SALAMANDRIDAE {FAMILY) 

 Triturus (GENUS) 



Rafinesque, Anal. Nat., 1815, p. 78 

 type: cristatus 



Triturus meridionalis (Cope) 



Diemyctylus miniatus, subsp. meridionalis Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 17, 1880, p. 30. 

 Triturus meridionalis Dxjnn 



Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 62, 1918, p. 452. 

 Diemyctylus viridescens meridionalis Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 211, fig. 54. 



TYPE locality: Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 

 range: Texas and Tamaulipas. 



Triturus torosus (Rathke) 

 GIANT NEWT, CALIFORNIA NEWT 



Triton torosus Rathke (in Eschscholtz) 



Zool. Atlas, Pt. 5, 1883, p. 12, pi. 21, fig. 15. 

 Notophthalmu^ torosus Baird 



Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Ser. 2, Vol. 1, 1849, p. 284. 

 Diemyctylus torostis Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 204, fig. 51. 



type locality: Surroundings of the Bay of San Francisco, 



California. 

 range: California, Oregon and Washington. 



Triturus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque) 



COMMON NEWT (aquatic form), RED EFT oh EBBET (terrestrial form) 

 Triturus viridescens Rafinesque 

 Ann. Nat., Lexington, No. 1, March 22, 1820, p. 5. 



