24 BULLETIN 194, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Oedipus platydactylus TscHUDi,Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuch&tel, vol. 2, 1838, p. 58. — 



Dunn, The salamanders of the family Plethodontidae, 1926, pp. 400-403. — 



Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 25, 1938 (1939), pp. 297-299, pi. 28, 



fig. 1.— Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 56, 1943, 



pi. 2, fig. 1. 

 Bolitoglossa platydadyla Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 30, 1944, p. 219. 

 Bolitoglossa mexicana Dum^ril, Bibron, and Dum^ril, Erp^tologie g6n6rale, 



vol. 9, 1854, pp. 93-97, pi. 104, fig. 1 (part only, cotypes in Mus. Hist. Nat. 



Paris, from Veracruz, Oaxaca, M6xico, and (?) Dolores in Petdn). 

 Spelerpes mexicanum Brocchi, Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans TAm^rique 



centrale, pt. 3, sect. 2, livr. 3, 1883, pp. 113-114 (part), pi. 28 bis, figs. 1-4 



(restricts the name to a cotype from Veracruz) . 

 Salamandra togata Dum^iril, Bibron, and Dum^ril, Erp6tologie g^n^rale, vol. 9, 



1854, p. 94 (type that of B. mexicana). 

 Geotriton carbonarius Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 12, 1860, p. 



373 (Jalapa, Veracruz, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Nos. 503-504). 

 "{Spelerpes punctatum Brocchi, Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans I'Am^rique 



centrale, pt. 3, sect. 2, livr. 3, 1883, p. 115 (Mexico, types presumably in 



Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris). 



Type. — ^Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., those of S. variegata Gray. 



Type locality. — Mexico. 



Range. — From San Luis Potosl south to southern Veracruz and 

 Oaxaca, below elevations of about 3,500 feet. Aside from the type 

 locality it is known or reported from San Luis Potosi: 15 miles south 

 of VaUes, Tamazunchale, Huichihuay dn ; Hidalgo: Chapulhuacdn; 

 Veracruz: Jalapa, Orizaba, Motzorongo, Achotal, Cuautlapan, Potrero 

 Viejo, Cerro Gordo, Mata de Cafia, Tezonapa, Cuatotolapam, San 

 Juan de la Punta, Presidio, 5 miles east of Cdrdoba, near San Lorenzo ; 

 Oaxaca: San Crist6bal. 



BOUTOGLOSSA FLAVIVENTRIS (Schmidt) 



Oedipus flaviventris Schmidt, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 20, 1936, 



pp. 148-150. 

 Bolitoglossa flaviventris Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 30, 1944, p. 219. 

 Spelerpes salvinii Brocchi {nee Gray), Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans 



rAm^rique centrale, pt. 3, sect. 2, livr. 3, 1883, p. 117, pi. 18, figs. 3, 4. 

 Oedipus salvinii Taylor (nee Gray), Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 25, 1938 



(1939), pp. 296-297, pi. 28, fig. 2. 



Tijpe.— V. S. N. M. No. 46922. 



Type locality. — Chicharras, Chiapas, Mexico. 



Range. — Pacific coast of Chiapas. Recorded from the type locality 

 and La Esperanza, Chiapas. Specimens in the U. S. National Museum 

 are from "Tehuantepec." 



BOLITOGLOSSA MORELETI Smith 



Bolitoglossa mexicana Dum^ril, Bibron, and Dum^ril, Erp^tologie g^n^rale, 

 vol. 9, 1854, pp. 96-97 (part).— Taylor and Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 95, 1945, pp. 545-547, fig. 58. 



