Notes on the Balrachians atid Reptiles of Vigo Co., Ind. 25 



in Suninier, was taken January 1 1, 1S90, from beneath the fine 

 drift deposited near the margin of the higli ground l)y an 

 excessive rise in the river. Another, with a large mass of 

 eggs, from some of which the young were escaping, was 

 brought in from a pond on February 16. 



PI.ETHODONTID.?:. 



7. Hkmidactvi.iuim scutatum, Tschudi — vScaly vSalamander. 



Five specimens of tliis handsome Httle animal have been 

 taken. One was found near the margin of a pond, on May 4, the 

 others on two different occasions in late Fall, in dry woods. 

 One of the latter had the entire upper side of tail of the same 

 shade of yellow as the upper jaw. Other State records are 

 Franklin and Marion Counties. 



8. Plethodox cinrreus cinereus, Green. 



8. {a) Plethodon cinereus e;rythronotus, Green. — Red- 



Backed Salamander. 



These are the most common salamanders found at a dis- 

 tance from water in upland woods with a clay soil. They are 

 seldom found in a sandy soil, and never, so far as the writer is 

 aware, in the low, damp bottoms. They are about equal in 

 numbers, and often five or six half grown individuals of each 

 variety are found beneath the same log. 



9. Plethodon glutinosus, Green. — Slimy vSalamander. 



Frequent in upland woods with both sandy and clay soils. 

 Usually not far from water, but never in it. The bluish white 

 markings vary greatly in numbers and size even in adult 

 specimens. On some they are no larger than pin heads, and 

 are distributed regularly over the entire upper surface and 

 sides. On others they are five or six times as large, and are 

 almost wholly limited to the sides. Recorded before only 

 from Monroe county. 



19. Spelerpes pilineatus. Green — Two-Lined vSalamander. 



Rare, but one specimen having been taken or seen. It was 

 found in a worn out field, where the soil was wholl)' clay. 



