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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



11. Gyrinophilus Cope. Body elongate; tongue free anteriorly; 

 premaxillaries distinct; vomerine teeth continuous with the parasphe- 

 noid: 2 species. 



G. porphyriticus (Green) (Fig. 76) . Body large and purplish brown in 

 color, blotched with gray; belly whitish; length 163 mm.; tail 60 mm.; 

 costal grooves 15; eye connected with nostril by a conspicuous light 

 colored ridge: eastern States; westward to Kentucky; common; 

 aquatic. 



G. danielsi (Blatchley). Body elongate; color light chocolate brown 

 above, with widely scattered dots of black which are wanting on the 

 hinder two-thirds of the tail, light brown beneath; length 160 mm.; 

 tail 65 mm.; costal grooves 16: North Carolina to Georgia; 

 Tennessee. 



12. Pseudotriton Baird (Spelerpes Rafinesque). Body 

 elongate, red in color; tail short and compressed; tongue 



Fig. 78. — Pseudolriion ruber {from Fowler): a, root of mouth {from Dunn). 



free all round, being attached by a slender pedicle only (Fig. 77); but 

 I premaxillary; vomerine teeth continuous with the parasphenoid 

 (Fig. 78) : 2 species. 



Key to the Species of Pseudotriton 



ai A few scattered black spots present P. montanus. 



a2 Many black spots close together P. ruber. 



P. montanus Baird. Body elongate, cylindrical, brownish salmon 

 in color, with a few circular spots; under parts pale salmon; length 140 

 mm.; tail 62 mm.; the 2 patches of parasphenoid teeth in contact ante- 

 riorly: Pennsylvania to the Gulf. 



Subspecies of P. montanus 



P. m. montanus Baird. Costal grooves 17: Pennsylvania and Ken- 

 tucky to Georgia. 



P. m. flavissimus Hallowell. Costal grooves 16 to 18: Gulf States, 

 from Georgia to Louisiana. 



