242 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



PLETHODONTID^. 



TWO-STRIPED SALAMANDER. Spelerpes bilineatus, (Green) Baird. 

 YELLOW-BACKED SALAMANDER. Spelerpes guttolineatus, (Holbrook) 



Cope. 

 RED SALAMANDER; RED TRITON. Spelerpes ruber ruber, (Daudin) Cope. 

 MOUNTAIN TRITON. Spelerpes ruber montanus, (Duudin) Cope. 

 SALMON TRITON. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, Green. 

 LEAST SALAMANDER. Manculus quadridigitatus, (Holbr.) Cope. 

 VISCID SALAMANDER. Plethodon glutinosus, (Green) Baird. 

 RED-BACKED SALAMANDER. Plethodon erythronotus, (Green) Baird. 



AMBLYSTOMIDiE. 



BURROWING SALAMANDER. Amblystoma talpoideum, (Holbrook) Gray. 

 OPAQUE SALAMANDER. Amblystoma opacum, (Gravcnhorst) Baird. 

 SPOTTED SALAMANDER. Amblystoma punctatum, Linne. 

 TIGER SALAMANDER. Amblystoma trigrinum, Green. 



MENOPOMID.E. 



HELLBENDER. Menopoma alleghiense, Harlan. 

 TENNESSEE HELLBENDER. Menopoma fuscum, Holbrook. 



AMPHIUMID^E. 

 CONGO EEL. Ampbiuma means, Linne. 



ORDER PROTEIDA. PROTEANS. 



Tailed amphibians, with large external gills persistent throughout life. 

 The lungs, however, retain a more or less functional capacity. 



Peculiar animals, closely resembling fishes, for which they are fre- 

 quently mistaken by the unlearned. Some species inhabit caves and are 

 blind. 



