44 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Amblystoma punctatum Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 804.— 
Sherwood, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y., 1894-95, No. 7, p. 21. 
Ambystoma conspersum Cope. 
‘ PLATE 4. 
Speckled Salamander. 
Body slender, and tail shorter than head and trunk together, 
or about 2% in length. No dorsal groove. Costal grooves 
usually 11. Skin smooth. Soles of hands and feet without 
distinct tubercles. Color in life leaden, with 1 or 2 series of 
small yellowish spots along sides. Size small. 
Known from within our limits by Dr. Abbott’s reference. Dr. 
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Speckled Salamander. Ambystoma conspersum Cope. 
Abbott tells me that he secured a single example of this species, 
the basis of his reference, in the valley of a brook between Law- 
rence and Trenton. ‘This, he says, was identified by Cope. I 
have no examples. 
Amblystoma consperswm Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 804. 
Ambystoma bicolor Hallowell. ° 
IRATE 55 
Ring Necked Salamander. 
Head 6; depth 9%; width of head 1% in its length from 
snout to gular fold; length of mouth, or gape, 14%; interorbital 
space, measured from eye-sockets, 3%; width of mouth 1%; 
snout 3%; fore limb about 1; hind limb barely more than length 
