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and entire upper sides of body and tail spots become very small 
and inferiorly more or less punctate. Edges of jaws or lips 
with some dusky or brownish cloudings. Lower surface of head 
with a number of small brownish punctuations, and a very few 
scattered over belly. Limbs creamy-brown like belly below, and 
upper surfaces with dark spots, though smaller, like those on 
back. Feet pale. Iris slaty. Length 4°/,, inches. This example 
from Camden County, obtained by Charles Liebeck. 
This animal is perhaps the most brilliantly colored of all our 
salamanders, though varying from a nearly uniform grayish- 
brown to bright orange-red. Also there is great variation in the 
spots, some being large and blotched while in others they may be 
Red Salamander. Spelerpes ruber (Daudin). (Variety.) 
very finely punctate or altogether absent. Others have the back 
with a more or less livid purple tint, and the blackish or dark 
markings on the back are obscure. The young as a rule seem 
to have the colors much purer, and are generally all more or less 
orange. It is generally abundant though cannot be considered 
quite so numerous as either Desmognathus fusca or Diemictylus 
viridescens. Still on account of its more retiring habits, it may 
be frequently overlooked where either of the latter would be 
observed. It is usually found in the hilly or upland regions. 
It is seldom seen on the ground and then only after rains, as I 
have noted on a few occasions. It is, so far as I have observed, ° 
almost entirely aquatic, though sometimes may occur in damp 
fields or woods under wet logs or stones, but is chiefly character- 
