66 SALAMANDRA QUADRIDIGITATA. 
Hasirs. ‘The Salamandra quadridigitata is entirely a land animal. In general 
it remains concealed under fallen and decaying trees, and only ventures abroad 
after heavy rains or in the dusk of evening, in search of small insects, on which 
it feeds. 
GrocrapuicaL Distrisution. This Salamander is abundant in the middle 
section of our state, which must for the present be considered as its northern 
limit; hence it inhabits the intervening country to the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. 
Couper and Dr. Harden have both furnished me with specimens from Georgia, 
and I have also received them from Florida. 
GeneraL Remarks. ‘This animal bears some resemblance at first view to the 
Salamandra gutto-lineata, from which, however, it differs in many and important 
characters. This is the only one of our Salamanders with which I am acquainted 
that has four fingers and four toes, and from this circumstance is its specific 
name derived. 
