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IGO lUILI.KTIN 3i, IMTKI) STATKS NATIONAL VHSKl'M. 



toe is eiitiivly wamiiiy, without a trace of it beiug lelt. Tliere are thus 

 but four (lif^its to each limb. 



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Fio. 38. JliiiifiilKii iji(ii<tri(li:iil(itiiii. Ni>. 31HI4. AMiivillf, S. C. ; i, [. 



TIk! coloration n'seml)U'.s that (tf S. hiliiicatti. Then^ is a broad red- 

 dish or brownisii yellow dorsal stripe from hea«l toeiid «)f tail, bounded 

 oil each side I».v a narrow (hirii line extending- from the eve, fadiii''' 

 jjiadiially olf below. The sides are closely dotted oi' mottled with 

 brownish dots, the dark line leferred to beiii;;- merely a closer ananye- 

 iiient of the <lots. The uii ler parts an- whitish in iilcohol, linely mot- 

 tled or dottccl like the sides, but less closely :iiid more indistin^Miishably. 

 Tlu^ median line of the belly is generally immaculate. Theie is almost 

 always a narrow lij^ht line on the sid*- from the fore to hind le,i;s. 



The lifi'ht dorsal stripe is <;»'i:eially nioi«' or less dotted with brownish, 

 sometimes with a teinlency to a median strip '. 



In one specimen the sides iirc distinctly ilottecl linely with white. 



This siu'cies was referred to liatrachoseps of lioiiapaile l)y I'lofessor 

 r>aird, without probably having seen the ty|>e of the lattt-r, no do'il»t 

 on the faith of I5(»naj»aite"s erroneous description of the toiij^ne of the 

 same. It is evideid that tht^ two si»ecies oiijiht not to be re;;arded as 

 coiif>eneric, since the /»'. tUtniuiiins turns out to be more neai ly alliccl 

 to Ilemidactylium than to Spelerpcs. 



The known raiij^c of this, one of the smallesl of land Vi-rtebratt's, is 

 from middle North Carolina to the border of Texas, includinj; I-'lorida. 



Mni.fiiniiii Ills, ill iiihiK. 



L('ii;^tli, iiii'ii.iiiiril ,'iliiij;; axis iil' ilrail (.'mil iiiiii'd : 



'•<'<l\ : IHstiilicf lii'lwi'i'iii'Vt'.saiili'i'iiii l\ (i;( 

 t'lOlll hlKHlt IOKi<l"' " Mmlv : ('irilllllfrlTIK (Iicily (.1 



from sunlit to ^riilail'itltl v'.'! I'ajl: 



I'loiii ,si t to al'iiipit Ill llii;;lit of tail \\ licic liiulir.sl .. .1.". 



I'roiii Mioilt lo Mioiii 1. IT liiiadlh "!' tail w li.ir lii:iln >| . . | | 



!''.'i>iii MMiiil to licliiiii) anus . . . . 1. |ii l,iiiili>: 



i'rulll sliolll lo (11(1 of till It. ISO I'nc |Hir| ioli o|' |oil^( SI llll;;cr.. .Il.'i 



'liiil I.i>l> from clliow to tip (>r |oii;;( >| 



"•'■■I'l: liii^'ci l,s 



Widlh oDicad ]>; \,,i- |ioilioii of l,irii;cs| toe 0- 



Widlli (if loii;,Mic Ill I 'mm km c to ti|i ol' loii;;( >l toe. .'S.\ 



l.cii^'th oftoii^ilc 1.1 , Iti.staiicc liclwccii oiit.stich lied 



l.t'ii^'tli ofoiliit .(»;: ' ti>«H ;•,< 



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