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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



E. b. wildercB Dunn. Black lateral line broken or absent on the 

 hinder half of tail; male with cirri; costal grooves 15: mountains of 

 Virginia and North -Carolina. 



I E. guttolineata (Holbrook). Body similar to E. hislineata, but with 

 a mottled belly and 3 dark dorsal longitudinal lines; length 130 mm.; 

 tail 75 mm.; costal grooves 13: Virginia to Georgia; westward to 

 Louisiana. 



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Fig. 79. — Eurycea bislineala {from Dunn). 



E. longicauda (Green). Body slender, with a very long tail and 

 bright yellow or reddish in color, with small black spots on the back and 

 sides which form bars on the tail, and unspotted underneath; length 

 130 mm.; tail 80 mm.; costal grooves 13: Pennsylvania to Tennessee; 

 westward to Missouri. 



E. luclfnga Ralinesque .(£. maculicauda Cope) (Fig. 80). Body 



slender, elongate, orange in color densely 

 spotted with black; legs very long; 

 length 152 mm.; tail go mm.: West 

 Virginia to Missouri; northward into 

 Indiana and Illinois; often in caves. 



E. quadridigitata (Holbrook). 

 Dwarf salamander. Body small, yel- 

 lowish above, with a dark line running 

 along each side of the back; length 82 

 mm.; tail 47 mm.; costal grooves 15; 4 

 toes on each foot: North Carolina to 

 Florida; westward to Texas. 

 E. melanopleura (Cope). Body slender; tail strongly compressed; 

 sides black in color, with sparse white spots; a middorsal light line; 

 length 148 mm.; tail 83 mm.; costal grooves 13: Missouri and Arkansas. 

 E. miiltiplicata (Cope). Body small, brown in color, paler below; 

 length 80 mm.; tail 170 mm.; costal grooves 20: Arkansas, Missouri and 

 Kansas to New Mexico. 



Hydromantes Gistel. Toes webbed; tongue free all round; 2 pre- 

 maxillaries present; parasphenoid patches separate: 3 species, 2 in Italy. 



Fig. 80. — The roof of the mouth of 

 Eurycea liicifuga: i, inner nares; 2, 

 vomerine teeth; 3, parasphenoid teeth 

 {from Hay). 



