1917] Grinnell-Camp: Amphibians and Reptiles of California 151 
Rance.—Restricted to Pacifie drainage; most abundant west of 
first coast divides. Found locally in Sacramento and San Joaquin 
valleys, and in the central Sierra Nevada to 5500 feet altitude, as 
near Cisco, Placer County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Southernmost station, 
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Notophthalmus torosus 
Ambystoma ensatum 
Ambystoma tigrinum 
Ambystoma paroticum 
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Ambystoma macrodactylum 
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Fig. 1. 
California. 
Distribution of Salamanders (Notophthalmus and Ambystoma) in 
San Diego River, San Diego County (Oreutt, West Amer. Scientist, 
1, 1885, p. 5). Oceupies Upper Sonoran and Transition life-zones, 
occasionally entering Canadian. Inhabits vicinity of streams and 
ponds; in fall and winter the females live under rocks and logs, while 
the males often remain in the water. (See fig. 1.) 
