730 AMPHIBIA—SALAMANDRIDZ. 
Spelerpes salmoneus, GRAY, COPE. 
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, COPE. . 
Amblystoma salmoneum, DUMERIL and BIBRON. 
Color yellowish-brown above; sides salmon color, with a tinge of yellow ; upper sur- 
face irregularly marked with gray, below white; tail yellowish, head large, flattened ; 
muzzle truncate; eyes prominent, and distant from each other ; inner nares large ; nos- 
trils small; gular fold strongly marked; canthus rostralis prominent; dorsal longi- 
tudinal groove present; costal furrows usually fourteen; limbs moderate; digits en- 
tirely distinct; tail compressed and carinate. Length, 5.7 inches; tail, 2.3 inches. 
Habitat, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and, 
Ohio. 
The Salmon-colored Salamander is found on moist land, under logs in 
damp woods, and in still water. It attempts self-defense, snaps savagely, 
and throws its body into contortions when disturbed. In confinement it 
appeared healthy for a year, and lived upon flies. 
Prof. Baird* calls attention to this animal being much more easily 
discovered in a larval than in the mature condition near Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania, stating that he had caught hundreds of larve before 
finding a single, adult. It is included in this list as coming from Ohio 
on authority. 
Grenus NOTOPHTHALMUS. Rafinesque. 
Teeth in two longitudinal series, closely approximated in front, divergent behind ; 
tongue attached anteriorly and posteriorly, and with only a small portion of its lateral 
margins free; postorbital arch long and strong, formed by the union of the tympanic 
and frontal bones; palatine processes cuneiform; spinous process of vertebra quadran- 
gular; ribs rudimentary; tail small, compressed from the base; toes four in front and 
five behind, the first and fifth rudimentary. 
NorToPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS Rafinesque. 
Newt, Evet, Eft or Crimson Spotted Triton. 
Tritwrus viridescens,t RAFINESQUE. 
Diemyctylus viridescens, RAFINESQUE, HALLOWELL, VERRILL, COPE, ALLEN. 
Diemyctylus miniatus,t RAFINESQUE, HALLOWELL, VERRILL, COPE, ALLEN S 
Salamandra stellio, SAY. 
Salamandra symmetrica, HARLAN, HOLBROOK, KIRTLAND, DEKAY, STORER. 
Salamandra punctatissima, Woon. 
Salamandra dorsalis, HARLAN, HOLBROOK, KIRTLAND, STORER. 
Salamandra millepunctata, STORER. 
Salamandra coccinnea, ? DEKay. 
Notophthalmus miniatus, STORER. 
*Journ, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1850. 
tCope makes two sub-species, viridescens and miniatus. 
