ALABAMA AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, 11 



FAMILY : AMBYSTOMIDAE 



GENUS: AMBYSTOMA, Tschudi. (Also spelled Amblystoma.*) 



AMBYSTOMA CINGULATUM Cope {Chondrotus cingulatus 



Cope) 



Type locality: Grahamville, South Carolina. 



General distribution : South Carolina to Northern 

 Florida and Alabama. 



Alabama records : Monte Sano, Madison County, 

 Dog River, Mobile County; Magnolia Springs, Baldwin 

 County (H. H. Smith). 



AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM (Shaw) Stejneger 

 {A. punctatum Cope) 

 Spotted Salamander 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : Nova Scotia to Wisconsin, 

 Georgia and Texas. 



Alabama records : University, Tuscaloosa County ; 

 one specimen, March 15, 1913. 



AMBYSTOMA OPACUM (Gravenhorst) 

 Marbled Salamander, Opaque Salamander 



Type locality: New York. 



General distribution : Eastern United States. 



Alabama records : Monte Sano, Madison County ; 

 Moulton, Lawrence County; Tuscaloosa County; We- 

 tumpka, Elmore County ; Sumter County ; Salco, Mobile 

 County ; lives under logs and rocks. 



The Salco specimens seem to be uniformly smaller and 

 the markings are more pronounced, than the specimens I 

 have taken in the northern part of the State. 



AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM (Holbrook) Gray 

 Mole Salamander 



Type locality: Sea islands on the border of South 

 Carolina. 



*See Science II, 43:929-930; 44:309-311, 1916. 



