360 APPENDIX. 



CLASS OF BATRACHIANS. 



[The following additional species have been lately taken within our limits. 

 The descriptions are furnished by Dr. Stejneger.] 



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504 b. Flethodon aeneus (Cope). Costal grooves 13 ; palatine 

 teeth very oblique, not extending externally to inner nares ; inner 

 toes rudimentary. Black with large green blotches and spots. 

 Has been found in Tenn. and Lee Co., Va. (Lat., brassy.) 



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508 b. Spelerpes maculicaudus (Cope). Costal grooves 13; 

 palatine teeth not confluent with sphenoid patches ; tail nearly 1 

 times as long as rest of body; vermilion red above, irregularly 

 spotted with dark brown ; sides of tail similarly spotted, not barred. 

 L. 152 mm. Ind. to Mo. 



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260 b. Typhlotriton Stejneger. Family Desmognathidse. 

 Eyes concealed under the continuous skin of the head, (rvfaos. 

 blind; rpiVoi/, salamander.) 



512 b. T. spelaeus Stejneger. Costal grooves 16 ; tail slightly 

 compressed, not finned; vomerine teeth in two y-shaped series with 

 the curvatures directed forward ; gular fold strong, very concave 

 anteriorly ; color uniform pale. L. 93 mm. Rock House Cave, 

 Mo. (Lat., of the cave.) 

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Chorophilus triseriatus. Dr. Hay considers this only as a sub- 

 species of Ch. nigritus (Le Conte), the other subspecies found in 

 the territory covered by the Manual being Ch. nigritus feriarum 

 (Baird). He distinguishes the two forms as follows : 



a 1 . Snout shorter; width of head in the length 3 to 3.25 times ; 

 heel reaching to front of orbit; length of body in total length of 

 hind leg, from 1.40 to 1.70 ; color ash or brownish ; eyelids involved 

 in median stripe, three parallel stripes above, seldom interrupted. 

 East U. S. to Illinois. Ch. n. feriarum. 



a 2 . Snout drawn out ; width of head in length 3.5 to 3.6 times ; 

 heel reaching only to tympanic disc ; length of body in total length 

 of hind leg, 1.24 to 1.50 times; color ash to brown, with three 

 parallel dark stripes, the median often forking behind ; a distinct 

 spot on each eyelid. N. J. to N. Mex. and Idaho. Ch. n. 

 riseriatus. 

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520 b. Hyla cinerea (Schneider) (= H. carolinensis Giinther). 

 Fingers not webbed ; toes \ webbed ; vomerine teeth between 



