AMPHIBIANS 



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D. f. hrimleyorum Stejneger. Body slender and similar to D. f. 

 auriculatus in color; belly light; size and teeth similar to D. f. fuscus: 

 Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas; rare. 



D. f. carolinensis Dunn. Belly dark; a tubercle at the anterior 

 angle of the eye: West Virginia to Georgia; in the mountains. 



D. f. ochrophcBus Cope. Body small; tail without keel; color 

 variable, with a very dark, broad lateral band; length 94 mm.; tail 



Fig. 72. — Desmognathus fuscus: a, dorsal aspect {from Fowler); b, inside of the mouth: 

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



46 mm.; costal grooves 14; vomerine teeth absent in adult male; 

 parasphenoid patches separated: New York to Georgia; habits 

 terrestrial. 



D. quddramaculahis (Holbrook). Body large, black above and 

 below; length 175 mm.; tail 82 mm.; costal grooves 12 to 14; parasphe- 

 noid teeth in 2 patches which are confluent anteriorly; vomerine teeth 

 always present: southwest Virginia to northern Georgia, in the moun- 

 tains; the most aquatic of the genus. 



D. phoca (Matthes) (Fig. 73). Body large, uniformly colored, 

 more or less mottled, with a light belly; tail long; length 135 mm.; 

 tail 71 mm.; costal grooves 13 or 14; vomerine teeth always present; 

 parasphenoid teeth in 2 patches, confluent anteriorly : Pennsylvania to 

 Georgia; in the mountains; common. 



