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family: PLEURODELIDAE. 
Diemyctylus viridescens viridescens Raf. ‘Toes 4-5, outer and inner 
toes on hind foot rudimentary. Body above brown to olive, below yellowish. 
Sides of adults with a series of large red spots, each encircled by a brown 
ring. Below speckled with brown. Tail much compressed. Length 3% 
inches. 
This sub-species is the common Newt of the Eastern States... 
It is altogether aquatic, living in springs and deep running water. 
In Ohio it is known from but one specimen from Lancaster, 
mentioned by Wilcox (’g1). 
In O. S. U. Mus:, collected by E. V. Wilcox at Lancaster. 
Diemyctylus viridescens miniatus Raf. Similar toabove, but ground - 
color, brick red. The red coloring of the lateral spots therefore is less con- 
spicuous. The skin is rough, being covered with minute warts. Tail cylin- 
drical. 
This is the common representative of the genus in the State. 
It is never found in numbers but may be looked for in all parts 
of Ohio. It occurs under rotten logs, in stumps and under stones 
often far from water. ‘The form is very conspicuous and stands 
out from its environment very decidedly. It is not active in its 
movements and may be readily captured. The tongue is free 
and by means of that organ the food is obtained in the manner 
of the common toad. 
Specimens in the U. S. Nat. Mus., recorded by Cope from Cincinnati. 
In Oberlin College by Lynds Jones from Lorain Co.; in Cin. Soc. Nat. His., 
collected by E. E. Masterman at New London; in O. S. U. Mus., collected 
at Lancaster by E. V. Wilcox; at Clintonville by J. C. Bridwell, and at 
Newton Falls by the author. Also reported from Sugar Grove. 
Order: SALIENTIA Laurenti. 
This order includes the toads and frogs, 7. ¢., the tailless 
Batrachia. ‘The larvae are similar to those of the order just 
completed, being provided with gills and spending their larval 
period in water, feeding on vegetable matter. They are commonly 
known as ‘‘tad-poles. When metamorphosis takes place, they 
leave the water, losing the gills and. the tail and gaining four 
strong legs and a pair of lungs; the alimentary canal becomes 
shortened for a carnivorous habit. The order is divisible on. 
anatomical and. physiological grounds into two tribes, viz : 
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