BATRACHIANS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 175 
usually fuse into a series of upright bands. The abdomen is 
immaculate yellow. Total length, 4? inches; length of tail, 2% 
inches. 
Range: The Central States, and inland portions of the At- 
lantic States. 
Local Distribution: Mr. W. D. W. Miller has captured speci- 
mens near Plainfield, New Jersey. The writer has not taken it 
within the limits embraced by this work, but has found it abun- 
dant in Pennsylvania. ~ 
FIG. 10. THE LONG-TAILED, OR CAVE, SALAMANDER 
From specimen in Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 
This vividly marked species is at times found at a considerable 
distance from water, though always in damp situations—in 
caves or among the fissures of moss-covered rocks. The writer 
took large numbers of specimens along a mountain stream, at 
the Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania. They were hiding 
under flat stones in the bed of a nearly dry stream. Their rich 
coloration was in strong contrast to the damp sand. About a 
dozen of these specimens lived for a period of more than two 
years in damp, sphagnum moss, placed in an vivarium. During 
