[cox] FRESH WATER FISHES AND BATRACHIA 1S3 



R. sylvatica, Le Conte. Wood Frog. 



Very rare in Gaspé. Generally distributed throughout the Mari- 

 time provinces. 



HYLID^. 



Hyla picheringii, Storer. Tree Frog. 



Common in Gaspé, where its note was heard in the valleys of all 

 rivers. Common in all the Maritime provinces of Canada. 



PLEUKODELIDiE. 

 Diemydylus viridescens, Eaf. Spotted Newt. 



In small ponds in valley of the Grand Pabos, and in lakes in the 

 basins of the York and Dartmouth rivers. Common in Kew Brunswick, 

 and reported also from Nova Scotia by J. M. Jones. Collected in P.E. 

 Island (Afton Lake) by Vanwart and Cox, where it attains the largest 

 size, known to the writer, and is peculiarly coloured. 



D. v., var. miniatus, Hallowell, was not met with, though always 

 found in New Brunswick in the near vicinity of ponds containing the 

 Newt, of which it is a seasonal and terrestrial form. It would be inter- 

 esting to ascertain if this strange temporary stage of development obtains 

 northward. 



Desmognathus fuscus, Eaf. Painted Salamander. 



No mature example of this species was collected, but abundant 

 larvae seen in small ponds at New Carlisle were judged to be of this 

 form. Though given in old lists as occurring in New Brunswick, the 

 writer has not met it here, but instead what may be a colour variety of 

 the same, D. ochrophœa, Cope, identified by the discoverer himself. Vide 

 " Batrachia of New Brunswick,'' by P. Cox, Bull. XVI., Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 of N.B., p. 65. Hence the larvae referred to may be of this alleged 

 species. 



PLETHODONTID^. 



Plethodon cinereus, var. erythronotus, Green. Eed-backed Salamander. 



Not uncommon on the peninsula. Generally distributed in the 

 Maritime provinces of Canada, including P.E. Island. 



