80 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE, MUSEUM. 
or gape about 154; bony interorbital space about 4; width of 
mouth 174; fore limb about 5 in head and trunk; hind limb about 
5; tail about 1% in head and trunk together. Body robust, 
elongated moderately, slightly depressed below anteriorly, and 
rounded or constricted convexly above. Surface all rounded, 
without sharp ridges, largely smoothly convex. ‘Trunk a little 
swollen, depressed below, and somewhat more constricted in 
convexity above. No costal grooves. A well-developed median 
dorsal keel from occiput to tail, and after its root much broader 
all around edge of latter, extending forward below till just after 
vent. In transverse section trunk would be oval with bulge 
below. No keel along each side of back. Tail greatly com- 
pressed throughout, though in transverse section narrowly 
ellipsoid. ‘This, however, becomes obscure gradually, posteriorly. 
Head moderately large, a little broader than greatest width of 
Newt. Diemictylus viridescens (Rafinesque). (Red form.) 
body, depressed both below and above, though latter slightly 
convex. When viewed from above profile seen as rather 
evenly oval, contracting anteriorly and posteriorly, though not 
distinguished from neck by abrupt contraction of latter. Upper 
profile rather blunt, rounded, with angle falling about opposite 
eye, or superior in depth of head. Snout about 34 as long as 
broad, and projects well beyond closed mandible. Snout when 
viewed from above truncate-rounded. E’ye elongate, moderately 
small, and placed about first % inhead. Eyelids fleshy, rather thick 
and not very distinct from rest of head, and as eyes are lateral 
and not projecting upward they are nearly plane with front. 
Pupil circular. Mouth. large, broad, and when viewed from 
below seen to be in a little more evenly convex than blunt profile 
of snout or upper jaw. Lips rather firm, and lower only partly 
