BATRACHIANS AND REPTILES OF OHIO. 109 
adults are commonly found in cellars, under boards, near springs, 
as well as under logs in damp places. When the colder weather 
of autumn sets in, individuals are frequently found entering sewer 
pipes where a promise of warmth is given. Several are taken 
each autumn in the basement of the Biological Hall at O. S. U. 
This species is generally killed outright by those who believe 
them to be dangerous. ‘They are harmless. 
Very common over the State, in fact one of our most familiar 
salamanders. 
Specimens in U.S. Nat. Mus., recorded by Cope from Columbus and 
Marietta. In O. S. U. Mus., collected by E. V. Wilcox and the author from 
Columbus. 
Amblystoma xiphias Cope. Similar to preceding, but ground color, 
light yellow. Tail long, exceeding in length that of head and body. Costal 
grooves twelve. Head smallin proportion tobody. Lower jaw prominently 
projecting. Canthus rostralis, distinct. 
This is a doubtful species, inasmuch as but one specimen is 
known. ‘This isin the U.S. N. M., being collected at Columbus, 
Ohio. The present writer has carefully examined every speci- 
men that has come under his notice and but one showed any 
approach to Cope’s description. (Cope, 89.) This had the 
length of tail equal to that of head and body and a slightly pro- 
jecting lower jaw, while the ground color was a light yellow. 
(Morse, ’o1, May.) But gradations occur between such a type 
and the normal form and it is doubtful whether it isa valid 
species. 
Specimen in U. S. Nat. Mus., recorded by Cope from Columbus. 
Amblystoma jeffersonianum jeffersonianum Green. Body slender 
and elongated. Head long, width being four times in length to groin, 
Costal furrows 12. Tail nearly equal to head and body. Ground color 
brown to black, with a sprinkling of light spots a quarter of an inch or less 
in diameter. Sometimes no spots are visible. Length 8 inches or under. 
This sub-species differs from the following, Alatineum, by 
having a wider head, under parts not paler than upper, blotches 
dirty white, eye smaller. 
Specimens in the U. S. Nat. Mus., recorded by Cope from Ripley and 
Cleveland. In Cin. Soc. Nat. His., collected by C. W. Hohn in Hamilton 
Co.; in Oberlin College, collected by Lynds Jones in Lorain Co. 
