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VERTEBRATE AXIMALS OF THE LTNITED STATES 



8. Stereochilus Cope. Tongue attached at its anterior margin; 

 vomerine teeth confluent with parasphenoid teeth; i premaxillary : i 

 species. 



S. marginatiis (Hallowell). Body slender, yellowish brown in color, 

 with numerous brown lines along the sides; belly yellow, specked with 

 brown; length 79 mm.; tail 35 mm.; costal grooves 17; tail compressed: 

 Dismal Swamp to Georgia; aquatic. 



9. Typhlotriton Stejneger. Body of medium size; tongue attached 

 anteriorly; eyes concealed under the skin: i species. 



T. speldus Stej. Body white, 120 mm. long; costal grooves 16: in 

 caves in ^Missouri and Kansas. 



Fig. 76. — Roof of mouth of Gyriyio- Fig. 77. — Head of FieMdo/r/iow, showing 

 philus porphyriticus: i. inner nares; 2, the tongue {after Hurler). 



vomerine teeth; 3, parasphenoid teeth 

 {from Cope). 



10. Typhlomolge Stejneger. Body elongate, with very long legs 

 and persistent gills; eyes concealed under the skin: i species. 



T. rathhuni Stej. Body white, and with the general structure of a 

 sexually mature Eurycea larva; length 102 mm.; length of legs 20 mm.: 

 in wells in San Marcos, Texas. 



11. Gyrijiophilus 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: northeastern States; 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, hght brown beneath; length 160 mm.; 

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



