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12. Pseudotriton Baird {Spelerpes Rafinesque). Body elongate, 

 red in color; tail short and compressed; tongue 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. 



32 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, Virginia 

 and Kentucky to Georgia. 



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

 from Georgia to Louisiana. 



P. ruber (Sonnini). Red salamander (Fig. 78). Body 

 rather stout and dark salmon red in color, with numerous 

 black spots, very large specimens often showing more black 

 than red; length 140 mm.; tail 53 mm.; costal grooves 16: 



Fig. 78. — Pseudolriloji ruber {from Fowler): a, roof of mouth {from Dunn). 



eastern States from Maine to Florida; westward to Louisiana, Illinois 

 and Wisconsin; very common. 



Subspecies of P. ruber 



P. r. ruber (Sonnini). Spots of adult running together; chin black- 

 ish: eastern States; New York and Indiana to northern Georgia and 

 Mississippi. 



P. r. schencki (Brimley). Spots of adult separate; chin black: 

 mountains of North Carolina. 



P. r. nitidus Dunn. Spots of adult separate; no black on the chin or 

 on the hinder half of the tail; length 97 mm.; tail 36 mm. : mountains of 

 Virginia and North Carolina. 



