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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



A. cingulatum Cope. Body slender, black in color, speckled, with 

 gray underneath, and a series of narrow gray rings encircling it from 

 the eyes to the tip of the tail; head elongate; length 85 mm.; costal 

 grooves 14: South Carolina to northern Florida. 



A. microstomum Cope {A. texanum Matthes) (Fig. 70). Body 

 elongate, slender, brown or blackish in color, with numerous grayish 

 spots on the sides; limbs weak; digits very long; length 150 mm.; 

 tail 65 mm.; costal grooves 14: 

 central States, Ohio to Texas; often 



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A. paroticmn Baird. ^-^-- --^--•■^ 



Body stout 

 and reddish brown or blackish in 

 color, without spots; length 180 mm. ; 

 tail 102 mm.; costal grooves 11; no 

 plantar tubercles; eyes very large; 



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Fig. 69. — Roof of mouth of Atnhystoma 

 jeffersonianum: i, inner nares; 2, vomerine 

 teeth {from Cope). 



Fig. 70. — Inside the mouth of Ambysloma 

 microslomum : i, inner nares; 2, vomerine 

 teeth; 3, tongue {from Hay). 



vomerine teeth in 4 small patches, forming a transverse series: California 

 to Vancouver Island. 



A. macrodactylum Baird {A. slejnegeri Ruthven). Body elongate 

 and slender, brownish in color, with a broad lighter dorsal stripe; length 

 100 mm. ; tail 50 mm. ; costal grooves 12 ; vomerine teeth in 3 or 4 trans- 

 verse patches; digits very long: northern California to British Columbia 

 and eastward into Montana and Iowa. 



A. annulatum Cope. Body slender; tail very long; color dark 

 brown above, with about 15 hght cross bands, very Kght beneath; length 

 186 mm.; tail 94 mm. ; costal grooves 13 ; tail with 31 grooves; vomerine 

 teeth in 2 patches : Arkansas ; rare. 



A. decorticatum Cope. Body brown in color, closely set with 

 whitish spots of irregular forms and sizes; length 175 mm.; tail 84 

 mm.; costal grooves 11; vomerine teeth form a single transverse patch; 

 no plantar tubercles : British Columbian coastal region. 



Family 4. Salamandridae.- — Body of medium size; teeth on the 

 maxillaries and premaxillaries; vomerine teeth in 2 longitudinal series, 



