196 BATEACHIAKS. 



varying from uniform brown to yellow, but usually 

 spotted. U. S., E. of the Rocky Mountains. (A. 

 ingens, Hallowell.) 



7. A. xiphias, Cope. LONG -TAILED SALAMANDER. 

 Yellow-olive with brown reticulating bands; head small, 

 blunt; tail very long, much longer than the head and 

 body. Ohio. 



aa. Small species ; sole with one indistinct tubercle or none. 



8. A. jeffersonlanum, (Green) Baird. JEFFERSON S 

 SALAMANDER. Olive brown or blackish, usually with 

 pale or bluish spots, but sometimes uniform plumbeous. 

 Va. to Ind. and N., variable; several varieties are recog 

 nized by Prof. Cope. 



** Folds on tongue radiating from the median longitudinal furrow ; 

 costal folds 12 ; size small. 



9. A. microstomum, Cope. SMALL - MOUTHED SALA 

 MANDER. Lead - colored, usually with gray shades and 

 specks; head small, short, broad; body slender; skin 

 very smooth and slippery; lower jaw projecting. Ohio 

 to Kansas and S. 



FAMILY LXXXV. MENOPOMID^E. 



(The Menopomes.) 



Salamanders of large size, having the form of Ambly- 

 stoma^ but with an orifice on each side of neck persistent 

 during life; no external gills; legs well developed; toes 

 4-5; aquatic. Genus one; species two, Menopoma 

 fuscum, Holbr., of the head waters of the Tennessee, 

 and the following: 



/. MENOPOMA, Harlan. HELLBENDERS. 

 1. M. alleghaniense, Harlan. HELLBENDER. BIG 

 WATER LIZARD. Blackish; length 1 to 2 feet. Mis 

 sissippi Valley to N. C. and S 



