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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



D. f. auriculata (Holbrook). Belly dark; a row of light spots on 

 the sides: coastal plain of the Atlantic and Gulf from Virginia to the 

 Mississippi. 



Fig. 72. — Desmognalhus fiisca: a, dorsal aspect (frotn Fowler); b, inside of the mouth: 

 I, inner nares; 2, vomerine teeth; 3, parasphenoid teeth; 4, tongue (from Hay). 



D. brimleyorum Stejneger. Body slender and similar to D. J. 

 auriculata in color; belly light; size and teeth similar to D.f. fusca: 

 central Arkansas; rare. 



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Fig. 73. — Desfnognalhiis monlicola {from Dunn). 



D. quadramaculata (Holbrook) . Body large, black above and below ; 

 length 175 mm.; tail 82 mm.; costal grooves 12 to 14; parasphenoid 



