152 VERTEBRATE AXIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



13. Eurycea Ratinesque. {Spelerpes Ralinesque.) Body elongate, 

 mostly yellow or orange in color; tail long and compressed; vomerine 

 teeth separate from the parasphenoid (Fig. 80) ; tongue free all round, 

 being attached by a slender pedicle only (Fig. 77) : 7 species. 



Key to the Species of Eurycea 



ai Digits on hind leg 5. 

 bi Color yellow. 



Ci Tail with longitudinal stripes. 



di Tail with 2 lateral and no dorsal stripes E. bislineata. 



d.2 Tail with 2 lateral and i dorsal stripe E. guttolineata. 



02 Tail barred E. longicauda. 



b2 Color orange; tail spotted E. lucifuga. 



bs Color black or brown. 



Ci Costal grooves 13; color black E. melanopleura. 



C2 Costal grooves 20; color brown E. multipllcata. 



ao Digits on hind leg 4 E. quadridigitala. 



E. bislineata (Green) (Fig. 79) . Body small, yellow above and below, 

 with a dark line along each side of the back; length 72 mm. ; tail 40 mm. ; 



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Fig. 79. — Eurycea bislineata wildera {from Dunn). 



costal grooves 14 or 15; digits very long: northern New England to 

 Florida; westward to Lake Superior and Louisiana; very common. 



Subspecies of E. bislineata 



E. b. bislineata (Green). Costal grooves 15 : northern New England 

 to Indiana; southward to Virginia and Tennessee. 



E. b. cirrigera (Green). Sides dusky, with white dots below the 

 lateral band; costal grooves 14; upper lip of male with cirri: North 

 Carolina to Louisiana. 



E. b. wilderce 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. 



E. guttolineata (Holbrook). Body similar to E. bislineata, 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. 



