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l;j.S miLLi:HN :il, IIMTKD .SIATKS NATIUNAI. MII.SKHM. 



i'n.riT.I. .\-. N.il. S,i. I'liilii., isil'.i, i>..-l(il; Itoiilciij;.-!', fat. IJalr. (iia.l. 

 Ill it. Mil .,.m1. II. I-^-.'. p. '■: 



Ton-lie liri- iill iouimI, huli'K.i.l. To.-s l-l. Piiriclal bones o.s.siHc.I, 

 iind witlioul roi:tiiii«'ll<'. Piviiiii\ill:iiii'sc(Mi.s,sili(Ml. 



This "iciiiis omIv (lilUTs ridiii S|H'U'riM.'.s in the nlrsi'iicc ol'ii ili;;it IVom 

 the ImimI loot, .sliiiulin- Ihiis in the .siiiiie ivlatioii (o it thiit lleiiiMliiet.v- 

 Ijiini does to rietho.h.ii. Its t.vpieal speeies was i'oniieil.v jelene.l to lla- 

 tiaelio.scps, l>iit, liesides tlie yreat dilVeieiiee in the tongue, the latter 

 lias a parietal I'.iitaiielle and laeks the prefrontal hone. The latter 

 piiiiit is iiidieated b.v lOseliselioltz in his atlas. In the pre.seiit jicnus that 



bone is pre.sont. 



The, two speeies as vet known have a limited distrilnition. Tliev are 

 the smallest Nnitli Ameiiran salamanders. 



They are distiii;;iiislied as follows: 



Tail Hliiiit, comiticsMMl; l.ody .slioilcr I'.V lin^'lli i>l' tcnmi ; lila.k, Niilrw ii;;ii( 



M. n iiiil'tr. 



rklnl 



Tail .sii'inlcr, c.vliiKlrif; ImhIv Ioiujit ; iim/./lf lnnadfr; ullnwi'-Ii. ,i (Inisolalcial 

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MAN'L'i:i.is i;i:Miri:i{ vo\n: 



Ki'pt. I'falMiilN Ac.Sali'iii, l"^ i'.t, p. ~l ; li.)iil.iij;(M, Cat. I'.ali. (iiad. Brit. 

 MiiH., <(l. II. !"■'•,', p. 7il. 



Ill this small salamaiKler the leii;>tli to tln' foie limlis Mitels that bi'- 

 tweeii the limbs but little over twice, iiidieatiiij;' a less slender lonii than 

 in the »S'. tiiKdlriilii/ittdiis of eipial size. The head is an eloii,i:ate oval, 

 its width enti'i'inj"' tin lenj;tli to tlu^ ;;ioiii nearly seven times. There 

 are si.xteeiM'ostal folds, ineliidiii;^ the axillar, and these are eontiniu'd 

 upwards to near a median <Ioisa1 ;>:roove. The tiill is deep anti Hat and 

 marketl with the liiteial intermitseiilar ;;i'ooves, besides a stionj; median 

 f;roov(! above. The latter j;ives way to a low fin on the distal half of 

 the tail. 



The limbs aie slunt and weak. The posterior extends lorward o\ t'l' 

 si.x jii'ooves iind half an interspace, the anterior ov»'r live and one-half, 

 inclndin*;' the axillar. The tinkers an^ slender; tlu^ interior on both 

 limbs (;uite short, though (listiiicl. 



The vomerine teeth are in the two usual series, which are more pos- 

 teriorly directed thiiii is iisiiai. The paraspheiioid patches cease far be- 

 hind the lirst iinntioned, and a' ■ in narrow, very convex biiishes, 

 \vlii(th are distinct from each othi'r thioiij;liont their leiij;tli. The ton;,Mie 

 is eloiif^ato oval. 



The color is black above and dark brown below; the black extends 

 downwards iind nearly meets round tin; uw.k belov . The lower part 





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