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Hion forward oftlie plain basal portion oftlie tongue, altlionji'h tliorcis 

 no }ifro(>ve, and exhibiting two prominent cornuii to tlie tongue i)roper. 

 The papillose ridges are longitudinal and nearly parallel. 



In alcohol this spe(;ies is a light brown above, paler beneath, irregu- 

 larly spriidvled, blotched, and marbled with silvery or jduinbeous gray, 

 oC a li(;hon-like character. Specinu'ns when alive show the ground color 

 to be a dark brownish or liver black, more livid on the sides, and per- 

 haps lighter beiu'ath ; everywhere spriidded with the silvery-gray dots 

 of larger size on the back. The ;ii)per part of the tail is of a purer 

 brown than elsewhere, and is bordered by a series of obscure blackish 

 spots ; seen also near the lower maigin. A few similar dusky s])ots ap- 

 pear .scattered on the back. The iris appears to be a dark brown with- 

 out nu'tallic luster. 



A. series of speciiiuMis from Prairie Mer Rouge, Louisiana, is quite 

 similar. ^Souu^ of them appear to have just completed the change from 

 IIh' tadpole state, and the tail is higher, more compressed, and .somewhat 

 crested; the toes, shorter, Hatter; the papillo.se folds of the tongue 

 more indistinct. 



Mi'axin(,:>i'iils. 



Iiiolios. 



Loiigtli from snout to tiMusvoi ■!' lint' of month '.W 



liCn^^tli from snont to ;;;ulin' folil .'i.'i 



Jjt-nj^di from snout to ^jroin l.'.XI 



l,('nH;tli from snout to licliiuil aruis y. .{(( 



I.('Ml;I|i from snout to cntl of tiiil It. HO 



l.i'ny;tli of t.iil l..'.(l 



Widtii of liciid :>•> 



Li'Utttli of forc-.nrm -Ki 



l.cnf^tli of liind Icjj; fr<nn knee .''•(i 



'Ixtcnt of In ml lo^s l.Td 



(iri'iitost loimtli of till 1 .;$! 



(Ircatost witltli iit km mo |ilaci" l.^ 



I found this species abundant in the high valley in southwestern 

 Noitli Carolina in whi(^h the I'reiich I'road Ixiver takes its origin from 

 mountain streams. Thence it extends through the .southern Atlantic and 

 (lulf States to ami including liouisiaiia, west of which it lias not yet been 

 foiiiKl. It is not aquatic, but lives in damp i)laces below logs and stones. 



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