lieptiles and Aniphibians of Illinois. 355 



Sdlainandra cocclnea, De Kay, 1. c, p. 81, pi. 21, fig. 54 

 NotopMhidmus minidUis, Kenn,, Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc. 



1853-54, I., p. 593. 

 Diernyctyhis miniatus, subsp. miniatus, Davis and Rice, Bull. 



111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., I., No. 5, 1883. p. 15; Bull. Chicago 



Acad. Sci., 1883. 



Form viridescens. 



Trituriis vtridescens, Raf., Ann. Nat., 1820. 



Notoplith<dmus viridescens, Baird, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



2d Ser., 1849, 1., p. 284. 

 Triton mUlejrnndatus, De Kay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., I., Zoo'. III., 



Rept. and Amph., 1842, p. 84, pi. 15, fig. 134. 

 Noto2Jhth(dmn,s viridescens, Kenn., Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc. 



1853-54, I., p. 593. 

 Dieniyctylns niiuiaUis, subsp. viridesa-as, Davis and Rice, Bull. 



111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., I., No. 5, 1883, p. 15; Bull. Chicago 



Acad. Sci. 1883. 

 Malge viridescens, Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. in Coll. Brit. Mus., 



2d ed., 1882, Sal. Caudata, p. 21. 



Length, including the tail, about three inches. Body 

 somewhat fusiform. Skin smooth or scabrous. Head small, 

 bluntly rounded. Tongue small. Eye small. Anterior legs 

 slender, with four digits, the first of which is shortest, the 

 fourth next in length, and the third longest. Posterior legs 

 much larger than the anterior legs, with five digits, the first 

 and fifth of which are rudimentary. Vent situated in a promi- 

 nence. Tail strongly compressed. 



Color above olive-brown or brownish red, with numerous 

 black specks, and on each side a longitudinal series of red spots 

 enclosed in black rings. 



Beneath pale yellow or salmon-red uniformly sprinkled 

 with round black spots. Upper lip pale, with a few dark 

 specks. A dark band extends from the nostril through the 

 eye and terminates above the base of the anterior leg. Pupil 

 of the eye black; iris golden or reddish. Dorsal surfaces of 

 the legs colored like the back; ventral surfaces, like the belly. 

 Tail dark above, pale below, speckled with black. 



Length, including tail, 3.50; tail, 1.75. 



