18. MANCULUS. 75 



Total length 121 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 36 „ 



Head 5 „ 



Width of head 3| „ 



Fore limb 3| „ 



Hind limb 3| „ 



Tail 85 „ 



Mexico. 



a. Adult. Orizaba. 



22. Spelerpes uniformis. 



Oedipina uniformis, Kef erst. Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 299. 

 Ophiobatrachus vermicularis, Gray, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. (4) ii. 1868, 



p. 298. 

 Opheobatrachus vermicularis, Cope, Proe. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 102. 

 Spelerpes uniformis, Strauch, Salam. p. 84. 



Differs from the preceding in the following characters : — Parasphe- 

 noid teeth in a single patch. Habit more worm-like still. Tail as 

 thick as the body in its whole extent, rounded at the end. Nine- 

 teen costal grooves. 



Total length . . 178 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 54 „ 



Head 6 „ 



Width of head 3£ ,, 



Fore limb 4 „ 



Hind limb 4| „ 



Tail 124 „ 



Costa Rica. 



a. Adult. Costa Rica. 0. Salyin, Esq. [C.]. (Type of 



Ophiobatrachus vermicularis. ) 



18. MANCULUS. 



Batrachoseps, part., Gray, Cat. p. 42 ; Strauch, Salam. p. 84. 

 Manculus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 101. 



Tongue supported by the glossohyal pedicel, boletoid, free all 

 round. Palatine teeth in two short series, converging backwards ; 

 parasphenoid teeth in two elongate patches. Toes four. 



North America. 



1. Manculus quadridigitatus. 



Batrachoseps quadridigitatus, Gray, Cat. p. 42. 

 Salamandra quadridigitata, Holbr. N. Amer. Herp. v. p. 65, pi. 21. 

 Batrachoseps quadridigitatus, Baird, Joum. Ac. Philad. (2) i. p. 287; 



Strauch, Salam. p. 85. 

 Manculus quadridigitatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 101. 



