AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES. 4! 
2% in rest of leg, first shortest, and fifth a trifle shorter than 
second. Soles of each foot with 2 small tubercles. Vent large, 
longitudinal, just after hind legs on lower surface of trunk. 
Color in alcohol faded muddy-brownish generally. An obsolete 
dorsal series of transverse slightly paler or grayish ill-defined 
bands, and on upper surface of tail broader and tinted ochraceous. 
These blotches about 10 on head and trunk and 8 on tail. They 
do not descend on lower or under surface of body. A similar 
patch on snout. Iris brownish. Length 3 *%/,, inches. Cotype 
of Salamandra fasciata Green. New Jersey [probably near 
Princeton?]. Prof. Jacob Green. 
The 4 other cotypes, with same data, also examined. One has a 
double or forked tail for half the length of the series of caudal 
vertebrze, and all the individuals are shorter in length than that 
described. Other examples which I have examined were taken 
at Hammonton (Charles Liebeck), Medford (J. S. Wills), and 
Beesley’s Point (Samuel Ashmead). ‘They vary considerably 
in color, the Hammonton example being more narrowly and 
evenly striped than the others. The general color of its body 
is a livid slaty-dusky with the pale transverse streaks pale 
plumbeous-gray on the trunk, and becoming more or less brown- 
ish. It is also the largest example, measuring 4*/,, inches. ‘The 
example collected by Mr. Wm. J. Fox, and reported from Atlantic 
City by Mr. Witmer Stone, came from Dacosta in Atlantic 
County. The eggs are said to be laid'in the water and hatch in 
late April or early May. The young develop rapidly, though 
the larvee may be found as late as the early summer. The young 
are dotted or spotted with white. When about 2 inches long, 
they begin to show the usual coloration. When adult they are 
said to burrow in dry places, as about stones in gravely or sandy 
soil. ‘They appear to hibernate late in the fall. Dr. Abbott tells 
me he found an example near Trenton, but believes it to be un- 
common. Prof. Dahlgren found it in a stream near Princeton. 
Ambystoma opacum Hallowell, Journ, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
(2) III, 1855-58 (January, 1858), p. 351. 
Amblystoma opacum Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 804.—Cope, 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 54, Pls. 19-21.—Sher- 
