60 SALAMANDRA HALDEMANI. 
the throat is pale yellow; the abdomen is of similar colour, with its central 
portion strongly tinged with purple; the extremities are coloured like the back 
above, but with fewer and smaller dusky spots, and are yellow below. 
Dimensions. Length of head, 5 lines; length of body to vent, 1 inch 8 lines; 
length of tail, 1 inch 11 lines: total length, 4 inches. 
Hasirs. Little is known of the habits of the Salamandra Haldemani, except 
that it is a land animal, and is found under old logs and stones, &c. 
GrocrapuicaL Distrisution. ‘This Salamander inhabits the states of Pennsyl- 
vania, Maryland and Virginia, from all of which I have received specimens, and 
it will doubtless be found much more widely extended when our herpetology shall 
be better known. 
GeneraL Remarks. My friend, 8S. 8. Haldeman, Esq., of Pennsylvania, to 
whom I am indebted for much information on the habits of reptiles, was the first 
naturalist who observed this Salamander, and procured me a specimen from the 
borders of the Susquehanna river, and to him I have dedicated the species. 
