no.1655. VOTES <>\ VERTEBRATES FROM INDIANA ii\ii\. ;,;,;, 



brown, caused by the segregal ion of the gray specks into certain areas. 

 The fourth is almost uniformly colored on the back and sides. Sev- 

 eral small individuals were found which had distinct bronzy reflec- 

 tions as described for /'. tsneus^ hut which otherwise agree with 

 P. dm /■( us. 



SPELERPES LONGICAUDUS (Green). 

 LONG-TAILED TRITON. 



A single individual of this species was taken by Mr. Ferd Payne 

 in the valley near the mouth of the Ilamer Cave half a mile west <d' 

 Shawnee Cave on May Sk In general appearance it differed little 

 from specimens of the extremely variable cave salamander, abun- 

 dant in the mouth of the cave not many yards away. However, there 

 are differences in the details of color which, with the vomerine teeth, 

 serve to identify the specimen, (iround color a rather pale orange. 

 Black spots numerous and more often confluent than in maculicaudus 

 and forming vertical bands on the tail. The Lateral row of spots not 

 very dist inct. 



Total Length, L50 mm.: snout to axilla. 21; snout to groin, .">•">. 

 ( !ostal grooves, L3. 



SPELERPES MACULICAUDUS (Cope). 

 CAVE SALAMANDER. 



Numbers of individual- of this species were seen: hut at times 

 specimens were difficult to find. During the summer they were very 

 abundant near the mouth of the Ilamer Cave, where they were seen 

 in -mall pocket- or on Ledges directly above deep and swift water. 

 During the winter they were -ecu in the Large room of the Shawnee 

 Cave about half a mile from the entrance and also in a Large chamber 

 at the right of the lower cut ranee. In both of these places larva' were 

 found Inter, but high water prevented entrance t<> these regions dur- 

 ing much of the time from the middle of December until April. The 

 eggs are probably laid during this season, but they have never been 

 described, and the writer was not fortunate enough to secure them. 



An account of the life history of this species has been published by 

 Banta and MeAtee, but they failed to say anything about the nature 

 of the f<»od or the manner in which it i- obtained. In this region the 

 species is found chiefly in caves, but it is not fully adapted to cave 

 life. It i- usually -ecu near the entrance- and probably reaches the 

 inner chambers only by accident or for the purpose of breeding. 

 Whether these salamanders obtain food away from daylight has not 

 been certainly determined. 



" Proc. V. S. Nat. Mils., xxx. 1UOC. pp. r>7-s:;. 



