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BATRACHIA AND REPTILIA OF ONONDAGA 
COUNTY: 
Horacté W. BriITCHER. 
BATRACHIA. 
Order: Proteida. 
Necturus maculatus, Rafinesque. Mud puppy. Has been 
found in Erie Canal and Onondaga Creek. 
Order: Urodela. (Salamanders. ) 
Amblystoma punctatum, Linnaeus. Spotted salamander. 
Found in ponds and ditches as soon as the ice melts in the spring. 
Taken about Jamesville and Onondaga Valley. Reported from 
Tully. 
Amblystoma tigrinum, Green. Tiger salamander. A speci- 
men apparently this species was seen upon lifting a large stone 
near Jamesville, but it escaped into a hole before it could be se- 
cured. 
Amblystoma jeffersonianum (var. jeffersonianum ) Green. 
One specimen taken from Branchippus pond, on the Jamesville 
road. 
Hemidactylium scutatum, Tschudi. Four toed salamander. 
One specimen taken in sphagnum moss in swamp on the James- 
ville road. 
Plethodon cinereus (var. erythronota ) Green. Red-backed 
salamander. Beneath logs and stones. Marcellus, Onondaga 
Valley, Pompey, Jamesville, Onondaga Hill. 
Plethodon cincerus (var. cinereus) Green. Found occa- 
sionally in similar places. 
Plethodon glutinosus, Green. Viscid salamander. One 
specimen beneath stone, Onondaga reservation. 
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, Green. Purple salamander. 
Two immature specimens in swamp, Pompey Hill. 
Spelerpes bilineatus Green.  Striped-backed salamander. 
Beneath stones and logs in wet places. Pompey Hill, Onondaga 
Valley, Jamesville. 
