22 SALAMANDRID^E. 



p. 57, pi. xvii. ; Dekay, N. Y. Faun., Rept. p. 73, pi. xv. f. 33 



Wkd, I. c. p. 125. 

 Salamandra millepunctata, Storer, Bost. Journ. N. H. ii. p. 60. 



greenii, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 107. 



Triton dorsalis, Ilolbr. I. c. p. 77, pi. xxv. ; Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 155. 



millepunctatus, Dekay, I. c. p. 84, pi. xv. f. 34. 



Notoptlialmus miniatus, Baird, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) i. p. 284. 



viridescens, Baird, I. c. 



Triton punctatissimus, Dum. <§• Bibr. p. 154. 



synimetricus, Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 154, pi. 107. f. 2. 



Diemyctylus viridescens, Hallow. Journ. Ac. Philad. (n. s.) iii. p. 361 



miniatus, Halloio. I. c. 



Triton viridescens, Stratich, Salam. p. 50. 



Fronto-squamosal arch bony. Palatine teeth in two serie 

 parallel and in contact in their anterior half, diverging behin( 

 forming a A-shaped figure ; these series commencing on a line wit 

 the choanae. Tongue small, elliptical, free along the sides. Hea 

 longer than broad, its length contained thrice or thrice and a ha 

 in the length of the body ; the greatest width at angles of jawe 

 three distinct longitudinal grooves on the head; snout truncate 

 loreal region high, vertical ; labial lobes well developed during th 

 breeding-season. Body rounded, no dorsal crest, but the vertebn 

 line swollen. Limbs moderate, the hind pair very strong an 

 dilated, and furnished with black rugosities on the inner surface i 

 the breeding male ; fingers and toes depressed, free ; inner an 

 outer toes extremely short ; carpal and tarsal tubercles indistinc 

 Tail longer than head and body in the adult, strongly compresse 

 during the breeding-season, with an upper and lower crest ; it end 

 in a more or less acute point. Cloaca of female as in M. vulgaris 

 of breeding male globiform, with inferior central opening, surrounde 

 by radiating cilia. Skin smooth or minutely tubercular ; head wit 

 distinct series of pores ; three very large pores on each side of th 

 head, behind the eyes ; no gular fold. Reddish or olive-brow 

 above, generally dotted with black ; on each side of the back a serie 

 of four to seven red, black-edged ocelli; a blackish streak on eac 

 side of the head, passing through the eye, extending sometime 

 along each flank ; female frequently with a red dorsal streak ; low« 

 surface red or orange, dotted with black. 



c*) 



Total length 92 92 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 40 44 „ 



Head 10 10| „ 



Width of head 8 8 „ 



Fore limb 15 15 „ 



Hind limb 17 15 „ 



TaH 52 48 „ 



United States — Eastern and Austro-riparian districts. 



a-b, c, d-e. tf , 2 > & 7S- New York \ 

 f 6 _ Pennsylvania. 



