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SALAMANDRrna;. 



12 costal grooves ; black, with lichen -like 



grey variegation 10. leprosus, p. 68. 



12 costal grooves ; black, with two series of 



yellow (or red) spots 11. bellii, p. 68. 



D. Fingers and toes extensively webbed, the tips, however, 



free. 

 10 or 11 costal grooves ; series of palatine 



teeth extending exteriorly beyond choanae ; 



brownish 12. fuscus, p. 69. 



12 or 13 costal grooves ; series of palatine 



teeth extending exteriorly beyond choanae; 



black, with whitish dots 13. morio, p. 70. 



1 2 costal grooves ; series of palatine teeth not 



extending exteriorly beyond choanae ; black 



or brown, with pale specks 14. (u/^ersus, p. 70. 



E. Fingers and toes united to the tips. 



1. Series of palatine teeth not extending exteriorly beyond 



choanae. 



12 costal grooves ; body and tail short ; 



brown, white-speckled beneath 15. rufescens, p. 71. 



13 costal grooves ; body and tail long ; uni- 

 form dark brown 16. altamazonicus, 



12 costal grooves ; body and tail long ; [p. 71. 

 blackish, upper surfaces sprinkled with 



grey 17. yucatanicus, p. 72. 



2. Series of palatine teeth extending exteriorly beyond 



choanae. 



13 costal grooves; brown, sides blackish . . 18. infuscatus, p. 72. 



12 or 13 costal grooves ; blackish brown, 



back yellow or with yellow markings .... 19. variegatus, p. 73. 

 17 costal grooves : black, with white spots. . 20. parvipes, p. 74. 



II. Limbs extremely small, rudimentary ; body and tail worm- 

 like. 



13 or 14 costal grooves 21. lineolm, p. 74. 



19 costal grooves 22. uniformis, p. 75. 



1. Spelerpes ruber. 



Spelerpes rubra, Gray, Cat. p. 45. 

 Salamandra rubra, Daud. Rept. viii. p. 227, pi. 92. f. 2 ; Holbr. N. 



Amer. Herp. v. p. 35, pi. 9; Dekay, N.Y. Faun., Rept. p. 80, 



pi. 17. f. 43. 



maculata, Green, Joum. Ac. Philad. i. p. 350. 



subfusca, Green, I. c. p. 351. 



rubriventris, Green, I. c. p. 353 (nee Daud.). 



Pseudotriton subfuscus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 95. 

 ruber, Baird, Joum. Ac. Philad. (2) i. p. 28G. 



