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(Bd.) Striped-backed salamander. This is a small, smart 

 species, of a brownish-yellow color, with two or three black 

 lines on its back. Length, three inches. " Found in shallow 

 water, beneath stones, and moist places." Dekay. Wide 

 range, Massachusetts, Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North and 

 South Carolina. 



SALAMANDRA Symmetrica, (Harlan.) NOTOPTHALMUS 

 Miniatus, (Bd.) Yellow-bellied salamander. This is a beau- 

 tiful species of " brownish-red" and bright pink and salmon 

 color, with " brilliant vermilion spots" in two rows on the 

 back. This species is common on the mountain, and has a 

 wide geographic range. It is represented as being found 

 from the Green Mountains of New Hampshire to Virginia, 

 Carolina, Florida, and Alabama. 



SALAMANDRA Longicauda, (Green.) SPELERPES Longi- 

 cauda, (Bd.) Long- tailed salamander. Characteristics, 

 "yellow, with handsome black spots and bars ; body half as 

 long as tail; length, six inches; aquatic habits." Dekay. 

 Range, Eastern Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, 

 and Pittsburg, west of Alleghany. 



SALAMANDRA Subviolacea, (Bar.) AMBYSTOMA Punc- 

 tata, (Bd.) Yiolet salamander. "Bluish-black, with yel- 

 low spots." Range, Northern United States, Yermont, 

 Massachusetts, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania. Length, 

 five to seven inches. 



SALAMANDRA Fasciata, (Green.) AMBYSTOMA Opaca, 

 (Bd.) The blotched salamander. Color, gray, with black- 

 ish blotches. Length, five inches. Range, Jersey, Massa- 

 chusetts, Ohio, and South Carolina. 



AQUATIC SALAMANDERS. 



TRITONS, Water-Newts. 



This division of the salamander family is aquatic in its 

 habits, soon dying when taken from the water, although 

 it cannot breathe under water, coming up for air. A re- 



