gerd 
40. (4). Ainblystoma jetfersonianum, Green. 
Jetiersons salamander ; Granulated salamander. 
Salamandra granulata, DeKay. 
Triton niger, DeKay. 
Aiphomura jeitersoniana, Tschudi, Gray. 
Salamandra jetfersoniana, Green, Holbrook, Harlan, Schlegel. 
Amblystoma fiscunt, Holbrook. 
Aiblystoma laterale, Hallowell. 
Amblystoma platineum, Cope. 
Amblystoma jefersonianum, Baird, Cope, Jordan. 
Length 6 inches. Color blackish brown or lead color, with 
or without lateral bluish white spots, the latter disappearing in 
alcohol. body slender. 
Roger Williams Park, R. [. 
R. W. P. Coll., two specimens, one of these an albino. 
41. (5). Hemidactylium scutatum, Tschudi. 
Four-toed salamander. 
Salamandra scutata, Schlegel. 
Salamandra melanostiota, Gibbes. 
Desmodactylus scutatus, Dumeril and Bibron. 
Desmodactylus melanostictus, Dumeril and Bibron. 
Batrachoseps scutatus, Boulenger. 
Hemidactylium scutatum, Hallowell, Strauch, Gray. 
Length 2 to 5 inches. Color above brown, with black 
spots on each side, placed irregularly. Beneath white, with 
large black spots. Four toes on hind foct. 
Recorded from R. I. 
42. (6). Plethodon cinereus cinereus, Green. 
Ashy salamander. 
Salamandra cinerea, Green. 
Length 3 to 4 inches. Upper half of body and tail is a 
dark liver brown, sometimes a yellowish tinge toward head. 
Beneath, whitish finely mottled with brown, giving a “pepper 
and salt” appearance. 
Terrestrial; under logs and stones. 
Lincoln, R. I. (F. P. Drowne. ) 
Kast Greenwich, R. I. (Reginald Heber Howe, Jr.) 
43. (7). Plethodon cinerus erythronotus, Green. 
Red backed salamander. 
Salamandra erythronota, Green. 
Length 3 to 4 inches. Color of sides grayish brown. A 
dorsal stripe of red from occiput to end of tail. Color beneath 
whitish, “pepper and salt” appearance. The color of the dorsal 
stripe varies from shades of red to orange or yellowish. 
Terrestrial; under logs and stones. 
R. W. P. Coll., twenty-seven specimens. 
