H^ AMPHIBIA. [SepteRibe!> 



LAND SALAMANDERS. 



S* erijilironota, Cauda hveviy corjiore supra fusco 

 Tuhroque variatOy suhtus cinereo. 



E-ed-backed S. Length between three and four in- 

 ches ; tail rather shorter than the body, tapering, cy- 

 lindrical, and poiiitetl; s?iozf^ obtuse; eyes prominent 

 and black ; back red, mixed with brown, the colours 

 form a stripe from the snout to the end of the tail ; be^ 

 iieath cinereous ; throat Avhitish, with a few dots of 

 crimson near the neck ; anterior feet four-toed, poste- 

 rior five-toed. 



Note. The young of this species have no brown 

 mixed with the red on the back. I have given Mr, 

 llafinesquc's name of a species found in rocky situa- 

 tions in Newyork to tliii^?, believing them to be only 

 Viuieties. This animal is not very rare in Ne\^ jersey. 

 It is found under stones, in high places. 



S. cinerea, Cauda longiusciila, corpora supra fu^- 

 cOy albo maculato, sitbtUs nigro albo distincto. 



Dapple S. Length about four inches ; tail longer 

 •than the body, taperiiig, cylindrical, and pointed ; 

 head large 5 upper parts bluish ; snout obtuse^ back' 

 day k brown, sprinkled w ith small white dots ; be- 

 neath black and white mixed ; throat w hitish ; eyes 

 large and prominent, pupil round and black, iris yel- 

 lowish brov. ^ ; untQv'ior feet tliree-toed, w ith a small 

 tliumb, postqrior four-toed, with a sm-all thumb. 



