34 SALAMANDRA SALMONEA. 
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second and third longest. The posterior extremities are twice the size of the 
anterior, and terminate in five toes, distinct, the third and fourth longest. 
Cotour. The head is yellowish-brown above, and salmon-colour at the sides, 
with a very bright salmon-coloured line extending from the nostril to the superior 
part of the orbit of the eye. The upper jaw is pale salmon-colour, with a few 
brown spots; the lower is nearly white, or palest flesh-colour. ‘The chin and 
throat are white. The upper surface of the body and tail is yellowish-brown, 
with greyish marks; the flanks and sides of the tail are salmon-colour, with a 
tinge of yellow; the thorax and abdomen are white; the under surface of the tail 
is pale salmon-colour. The anterior extremities are yellowish-brown above and 
clear white below; the posterior are of similar colour, both above and below. 
Dimensions. Length of head, 7 lines; length of body to vent, 23 inches; tail 
beyond the vent, 23 inches: total, 62 inches. 
Hasrrs. But little is known of the habits of the Salamandra salmonea; it was 
first observed on land, in a moist situation, among the mountains of Vermont, by 
Dr. Binney, who kept it alive for nearly a year, feeding it on flies, which it 
devoured very greedily. 
Grocrapnicat Disrrisution. This Salamander seems peculiar to the moun- 
tainous parts of our country. Dr. Binney found it in Vermont; Dr. Dekay 
observed it in Essex county, New York; and M. Cabanis, a Prussian naturalist, 
procured me several specimens among the mountains of South Carolina. 
Generar Remarks. To my friend Dr. Storer, of Boston, I am indebted for 
the description of the Salamandra salmonea. 
