202 Reptiles from Oregon. 



Art. XVII. — Description of two Reptiles from Oregon; by Mr. 



Avery J. Skilton. (With a plate.) 



Read before the Troy Lyceum of Natural History, Oct. 9, and Nov. 13, 1848. 



Salamandra (Triton) granulosa, n. s. Tail about the length 

 of the body, strongly compressed and carinated throughout. The 

 animal wholly coarsely granular, except one inch of the tip of 



the tail. 



Color, reddish brown above, orange beneath. 



Length five and a half inches. 



Described from a specimen preserved in spirits. 



Cabinet of A. J. Skilton, and of the Troy Lyceum of Natural 

 History. 



The form of the tail leads to the idea of its being an inhabit- 

 ant of the water, but I am informed it was found on the land. 

 From S. granulata of Holbrook it differs as much in form as 

 in color. 



Brought from Oregon by Rev. Geo. Gary, superintendent of 

 missions in Oregon. 



Tropidolepis scincicauda, n. s. Slender, tail much longer 

 than the body, cylindrical. Dermal plates of the body and tail, 

 carinate above, smooth beneath, verticillate. 



The carinate plates in nine rows. 



Color, dusky green above, light ash color below. A row of 

 small dark spots on each flank. Another row of smaller ones 

 along the vertebral line. Some of the dark colored scales on 

 the flanks tipped with a whitish color. 



Length five to five and a half inches. 



Described as above from a preserved specimen. 

 Cabinet of A. J. Skilton. 



A well marked species. The size of the tail at its origin, from 

 its resemblance to that of the skink, furnishes a strong specific 

 character. 



It is gratifying to be able to add another species to the two of 

 this genus, previously known as belonging to North America. 

 The specimens of this species as well as several of the T. nndu- 

 lata, so common in the middle Atlantic states, and also several 

 skinks, resembling S. quinquelineatus, were caught by the Indians 

 for the missionaries, with hair snares. They dreaded them, de- 

 claring they were poisonous. 



Inhabits the country about the Dalles of the Columbia. Brought 

 as above by Rev. Mr. Gary, superintendent of Methodist Missions. 



The artist having to make out the figure by means of the 

 specimens, it may be a little loneer than the living animal. 



