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Tin: IIATKA'.MIIA OF NOIJTH AMKIMCA. 



177 



iittli! lu'low tlio lovol of tlio J;i\v, lookin^j; liken fiinj'' wIkmi vicwetl latt'r 



illv 



Viewed from in front, tlio lower outline, of the muzzle is stron«:lv 



» oneave, boniered on eaeli side by the downward extension of this 

 lidfic Tlieni is a slijfht indentation of the side of the jaw behind this 

 \'u\iir, and there is a line linear channel leadin;;- down the back of this 

 rid"i^ IV(»m the outer maryiii of the external nostrils. A similar chan- 



nel, but no ridi^e, issei'u in J*. / 



nbcr. 



Tiie outline of the upper jaw, as viewed from below, is decidedly an- 

 fiular anteriorly instead of rounded. 



The eyes arc unusually larye and prominent for this section of sala- 

 mainlers, and are sei)arated anteriorly by little more than one oibit's 

 l("ii;:fh. The two parasphenoidal ranj;«'s of teeth are in contattt ante- 

 riculy, as in S. r. montaniis, without the interval of S. r, nilnr. 



There are llftei'ii costal furrows, excluding' an axiliary one. The tai| 

 is a little more than half the rest of the body. 



in alcohol the color is li};ht brownish red, paler beneath; tlu' upper 

 parts and sides thinly but (piite uniformly spriidiled with small, 

 roiindcti, well delined, Itlackish dots; very few of them on the head. 



As stali'd, this variety is distini,Miished from >'. rubir, as well as 

 N /'. niinttdiiiis and sticticrps, by the shape ot the head, the anji'ulation 

 ul tl'" uppei' lip, the much larger and more approximated eyes. The 

 scaiilinessof the black specks is more as in S. r. moiituints, from which 

 aiiain it is distinL'uished bv lifteen instead of sixteen costal ijtrooves. 



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^ 



ih 



.t 



11. ail: 



rropovlionnl iliiiu nsinux. 



Willi li to ilistaiKT fpun snout to ^'loin al'oiif (I tiiiios, 



I'loiii Mioiil to ;;iila>' lolil roiitaiiii'il ill ilistaiiri' rroiii snout to 



fjiiiiii alioni I J tiiiU'M, 



hiMtaiiif aiitrriorlv lirtwci'ii eyes in ii'n;;lli of orltit... srarirly more than onrf, 



l)i>,tanc.' Iroin cyi'N to nostrils in li'n;;lli oforl)!! a limit once, 



liislaiK'o lit'twmi cxtfrnal nostiils in ii-n^lli ol'orliil aoout one linir 



Pistanci' 111"! WITH ontslri-tilu'il tin 



II llMl^tll tVoiu 



snoiil to ^loin ralliiT nioro than halt. 



IJiiilv : Nniiilirr of coital t'linou s (incluiiin;; inuninal ) 1,') 



Miii'^iin nil Ills, ill iiirli(s. 



hrn^tii, niraHiiicil alon;^ as is of lioily 



lli'ail- Continiiril . 



I'rom hiiont to jiapo 



I'l'OIII SllOl.t to irlilar I'oM . 



i' roll: snout to aniipil . . . 



I list a 



nil' hi'twi'iMi inner iiosiiilH .<•.-( 



\: 



Uistanrr iVoin eve to noMtriis.. . lU 



I 



Mini .>n>iui to •'nun . - 



l''roin Miiiiit to lichinil aii's 



I'loin . snout to mil of tail It. :to Liiiili: 



, ti,') Koily: nislaiH'i' lift wren ai'iii|iil 

 I.S-. 

 'J. Ill T: 



iiiil uroin I. n 



llri;rlil of tail wlii'ii- liiy-Jii'st 



•JO 



Ta 

 ll.ail: 



Wiilthof head 



Li>ii^;lli III' iiiliil 



Pi-itanri' liftwcrii I'M's aiiti'ii- 



l.'Jd , l''i('i' iioition of lon;r,.s| (inyirr.. .(W 



1 . ,-. f^ 



j I' Idlll I'lllOW to ti|i of liiiip'.st 



liiiniT :U) 



I'li'r iiiirl ion of loii";i-st lOf It 



:tn 

 II 



orlv 



l>islaiiri« lii'lwriMi until' noNlrils . II 



i'.»r.i— p.uii M — iL* 



I'luin klirr to tip of lniii^i'.sl tor . I!.") 

 Ilista""!' Iii'iwi'rii oulstn-lchi'il 



toi'.s 1.0.') 



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