CHAP, XIX.] 



AMPHIBIA. 



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Family 6.— SALAMANDRID^E. (20 Genera, 85 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Salamandridae, of which our common Newts are charac- 

 teristic examples, form an extensive family highly characteristic 

 of the North Temperate regions, a few species only extending 

 into the Neotropical region along the Andes to near Bogota, and 

 one into the Oriental region in Western China. The genera, as 

 arranged by Dr. Strauch, are as follows : — 



Salamandra (2 sp.), Central and South Europe and North 

 Africa ; Pleurodcles (1 sp.), Spain, Portugal, and Morocco ; Brady- 

 hates (1 sp.), Spain ; Triton (16 sp.), all Europe except the 

 extreme north, Algeria, North China and Japan, Eastern States 

 of North America, California and Oregon ; Chioglossa (2 sp.) 

 Portugal and South Europe ; Salamandrina (1 sp.), Italy to Dal- 

 matia; EUipsoglossa (2 sp.), Japan; Isodactylium (2 sp.). East 

 Siberia; Onychodadylus (1 sp.), Japan; AmUystoraa (21 sp.), 

 Nearctic region from Canada and Oregon to Mexico, most abundant 

 in Eastern States ; BoModon (1 sp.), Tartary and North-east China ; 

 Dicamptodon (1 sp.), California ; Flethodon (5 sp.), Massachusetts 

 to Louisiana, and Vancouver's Island to California ; Desmognathus 

 (4 sp.), Eastern United States south of latitude 43° ; Anaid.es (1 

 sp.), Oregon and Northern California; Hemidactylium (2 sp.). 

 South-eastern United States and Southern California ; Heredia 

 (1 sp.), Oregon and California ; Spelerpes (18 sp.). Eastern United 

 States from Massachusetts to Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and 

 Andes of Bogota, with a species in South Europe ; BatracJioseps 

 (2 sp.), South-eastern United States and California ; Tylotriton 

 (1 sp.), Yunan in West China. 



