14 NORTH AMERICAN BATRACTIIA AND REPTILIA. 



34. S. ruber, siibsp. montanus, (Bd.) Cope. Costal plicse 

 17; tail as long as body; above reddish-brown, with few, but 

 well-defined, black or brown spots; beneath deep salmon-color; 

 iris without dark bar; L. five inches. Alleghany Mountains, 

 from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. 



35. S. ruber, subsp. sticticeps, (Bd.) Cope. In M S S. 

 South Carolina. 



Genus Gyeinophilus, Cope. 



36. G. porphyritious, (Green) Cope. Purple Salamander. 

 Costal plicae 14 ; width of head less than seven times to groin ; 

 cantlms rostralis prominent; tail rounded at base, without fin; 

 above yellowish-brown or salmon color, irregularly marked with 

 gray; beneath whitish; L. six inches. Mountains, from 

 Yermont to Alabama. 



Family DESMOGNATHID^E. 



Genus Desmognathus, Bd. 



Premaxillaries united, embracing a fontanelle; parietals 

 ossified; tongue free on sides and posteriorly; digits distinct, 4-5. 



A. Costal plicse 13-15. 



37. D. oGhrophma, Cope. Generally a single, imperfect, 

 lateral series of pores; no tubercle in canthus of eye; tail 

 rounded, not finned; posterior half of mandible in males non- 

 dentate; costal plica? 13; brown, with a yellowish dorsal band; 

 back dotted; belly dirty white, immaculate; males darker; L. 

 three inches. Mountains, from New York to Georgia. 



38. D. fusGus, subsp. fusGus, (Raf.) Cope. Generally two 

 lateral series of pores, inferior, well developed, superior, irregular, 

 or wanting ; a tubercle in canthus of eye ; tail compressed and 

 keeled; mandible in males com])letely toothed; above brown, 

 marked with gray and pink ; belly marbled, the pale color pre- 

 dominating; no red spots on sides; L. three inches. Massachu- 

 setts to Mississippi ; Illinois. 



39. D. fusca, subsp. aur'iGulata, (Ilolb.) Cope. Above 

 black, with a series of small red spots on sides ; belly marbled, 

 the darker color predominating; otherwise as in preceding. 

 South Carolina to Louisiana. 



B. Costal plicse 12. 



40. D. nigra, (Green) Bd. Two well developed lateral 

 series of pores; a tubercle in canthus of eye; tail flattened, 

 attenuated, finned above ; mandible in males completely toothed ; 



