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mander. It is about 15 centimetres long, and black, with 

 a series of yellow spots on each side of the back. It lays 



FIG. 242. Cryptobranchus, the " hellbender." Reduced. From " Stand- 

 ard Natural History." 



eggs in springs or ponds during April ; the dark gray 

 eggs are contained in great masses of jelly which are 



FIG. 243. The larva of Amblyttoma tiyritmm, the Axolotl stage of the tiger 

 salamander. FromMivart. 



