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TlIK HATKACIIIA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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a. The i)araHi>lifiu>iil iiatches in coutiict throughout ; voineiiiio aeries well separated 

 iiKMlially. 

 (i. The tail cjliiulric. 



Costal plit:i' 10 toll); form slender; tail c.vlintlric ; limbs weak; inner toes rii- 

 (limental ; vomerine scries not cxtcndinj;' hejond nares externally; belly 

 brown marbled ; above plumbeous, or with a red longitudinal band. 



1'. viiiorns. 



Costal pliea! II; I'orm stout; tail rounded; limbs short, stout; inner digits 

 distinct ; vouieriiu! series extending outside of inner uares; black, usually 

 with gray lateral blotches and smaller dorsal spots /'. (jIiiHiiosuh. 



Costal jdicie i;i; form as in /'. ;/?i(/(»(>.si;.s; tail longer than liead and body; 

 <ligits truncate, the internal ones very ru-liiiieutal ; vomoriuc series very 

 obliiiue, not extending behind ehoana-; black, with yellow spots, which 

 are largest on the head, large on the back, and minute on the sides. 



/'. (nteiiD. 



"Cf/stal plicie i:?; form moderate, tail t^ylindric, shorter than head and body; 

 vomerint^ series very oblinue, not extending externally to ehoana* ; toes 

 more acute; black, with large yellowish spots; smaller on back, want- 

 ing on head'' /'. Jldvipiiticlatus. 



fill The tail ccuupressed. 



Costal idic:e ]."); form slender; tail well compressed; limbs weak; inner toes 

 rudinu-ntal ; vonu'rine series not extending outside of narcs; belly brown- 

 marbled ; above, with a red dorsal band /'. intermedhis. 



Costal'pliea' 11; form stout ; head large ; limbs robust ; inner toes distinct ; 

 tail compressed from the base, shorter than length of head and body ; 



tiniform dark brown above, ami lighter brown below I'. crdSsidiiH. 



<va. I'arasjihenoid ])atchcs well separated, 

 /i. Tail rounded. 



Costal plie.e i;!: form stout; head large, wide; lower Jaw wider than upper; 

 niu/zle broadly truncate; vomerine^ teeth approximated medially; tail 

 slender, snbcylitidrie : black, limb,", belly, and spots of back, orange. 

 /'. cvoccater. 



Costal plie:e Ul-ll ; form stout ; head wide; maxillaries wider than mandible; 

 mu/./.le narrowly truncate ; vonu-riue teeth approximated mcilially ; tail 

 ttlcndcr, subeyliudrical ; ligh' brown jibovo; limbs an<l below yellow. 

 /'. orvjioni'iiHis. 



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TLKTIIODON CINEREl'S Circeu.* 



Salamaiitlru c'lHcrca, Green, .lourn. Aciid., I'hila., i,)>. I].">G. 



I'IcIIkkIoii linoriix, Tsehudi, liatr., p. 'J2; Cope, Check List N. Amer. Hatr. Rept., 



Saluiimiulni irijlhroniiUi, (ireen, .lourn. Ac. I'hila., 1, jt. IJ;")!!; Ilolbr., N. A. Herp., v, p. 

 «:!, IM. 11; l)e Kay, N. Y. Faun., Repl., ].. 7.-), I'l. 1(1, lig. :!H ; Wied., Nova Acta 

 Eeop.— ('and., WNii, \\. l','(i. 

 l"(tlioiliiii <i-!illinnioliis, liaird, .lourn. Ac. I'hila. (•.'), i, j). 'JS;'); IJnm. iV Hibr., IX, p. 

 sti; Cope, Troc. Ac. I'liil;!., ISf.'.l, p. 100; Strauch, Salam., p. T'J ; Houlengc , 

 Cat. Uatr. tirad. Ibit. Mus., ed. ii,;i8S'i, p. .'.7. 

 Amhhisloma vii/lhioiioliini, dray. Cat. !!atr. (irail. Hrit. Mus., ed. i, p. ;?7. 

 SuliiiiiaiKlni (KjHix, Sagi'r, reninsular Jo'irnal of Medicine, 1."^,')^, p. 4'J'.>. 



This species is iiiiu)ii<; the ino.st eloiiR'atetl .aiitl slcndor of American 

 saliiiiKUnltTs. It is almost lUM'Coctly cvliiidriital tliroitglioiit ; a very 

 sW^ld amount of oompressioii only beiiif;- visible towanls tlie end of 

 the conical tail, which is loufjer th;in tiie head and Ixxly. It is much 



• Plate 111. iigM. l-t;. 



