l^B.] AMPHIBIA. '85S 



feriiigiiious ; heneath yellowish ; anterior feet four-, 

 toed^ posterior five-toed, 



. Note. Found hx Newjeraey, and said to inhabit 

 shallow waters. 



S. ruhriventris, Cauda hrevi, corpora supra fus- 

 ee nigroque variato, suhtus rnhro seu aureo, 



Ked S. Length between six and sevep inches; 

 tail shorter than the body, slightly tapering^, compress- 

 ed, and pointed ; slin slimy ; back blackisii, with 

 brown spots ; sides red ; beneath red ; eyes protube- 

 rant ; snout rounded ; anterior /ee^ fouv-toed, posterioi? 

 ;five-toed. 



Note. This I think is only a variety of La S, 

 ventre orange of Daudin, a description and figure of 

 which he has given in his vol. 8, p. 2Sd, pi. 98, fig. i. 

 Inhabits shallow waters, 



Observations, Little is known respecting the hy- 

 bernation of Salamanders. On the approach of win- 

 ter they seek sor^e retreat, wiiicli protects them alike 

 from their enemies, and from the gudden ciianges of 

 the weather ; here tiiey remain till the gpriog returns | 

 and even al'ter they have left their winter residence, a 

 moderate degree of cold produces iuitctivity^ iistiess- 

 ness and lethargy. At such seasons i have sera*c!iGd 

 for them in vain in piaces where but a few days be- 

 fore they were to be found in nunibers. About th©,. 

 beginning of Maich, if the season is favourable, tlie 

 Salamanira riibri centrist va,r. makes its appearance 

 in the neig.sbourliood of Friiiceton, in shalloTv streams, 

 where it lies concealed beneath stuUiiii, a*id under 



