56 SALAMANDRA BILINEATA. 
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Cotour. The upper surface of the animal is brownish-yellow, with a black 
lateral line on each side, which begins behind the orbit of the eye, and is continued 
without interruption along the flanks, above the anterior and posterior extremities, 
and is generally lost near the end of the tail. ‘The inferior surface of the whole 
animal is bright yellow, and the skin so delicate as to allow the intestines to be 
seen, which gives to the animal a darker appearance along the mesial line. 
Divensions. Length of head, 3 lines; length of body to vent, 1 inch 5 lines; 
length of tail beyond vent, 2 inches 2 lines: total length, 3 inches 10 lines. 
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Hasrrs. The Salamandra bilineata is found on land, but in damp places only, 
and is more lively and active than are Salamanders in general. It lives concealed 
under rocks or old trees, whence it emerges after a rain, or in the dusk of 
evening, to seek its prey. 
GrocrapuicaL Disrrisution. This animal has a wide range; Dr. Pickering 
has observed it in Salem, Massachusetts; Professor Green in Jersey; and I have 
found it in the lower part of North Carolina, and have received it from Greenville 
and Pendleton, in South Carolina. 
Generat Remarks. Professor Green first observed and described this Sala- 
mander under the name it here bears. 
Dr. Harlan afterwards, apparently unaware of this, gave of it another descrip- 
tion as the Salamandra flavissima, a name which must consequently be erased 
from our catalogue of reptiles, as that imposed by Professor Green has the right 
of priority. 
