1917] Grinnell-Camp: Amphibians and Reptiles of California 139 
County (Univ. Calif. Dept. Zool.) ; near Fallen Leaf Lake, Eldorado 
County (Van Denburgh, Proe. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 6, 1916, p. 215). 
Life-zone, Transition. (See fig. 1.) 
Ambystoma ensatum (Eschscholtz) 
Marbled Salamander 
OriagInaAL Description.—Triton ensatus Eschscholtz, Zoologischer 
Atlas, pt. 5, 1833, pp. 6-12, pl. 22. 
Type Locaurry.—Central California near coast, possibly near Fort 
Ross, Sonoma County. 
Synonyms.—Chondrotus tenebrosus; Amblystoma tenebrosum; 
Dicamptodon ensatus; Xiphonura tenebrosa; Chondrotus lugubris. 
Common NameE.—Oregon Salamander, part. 
RaneGe.—Chiefly the humid coast belt, occurring south as far as 
six miles north of Boulder, Santa Cruz County (Camp, MS). Re- 
corded also from MeCloud River, Shasta County (Townsend, Proce. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 10, 1887, p. 240), and Allen Springs, Lake County 
(Univ. Calif. Dept. Zool.). Oceupies the Transition life-zone.  In- 
habits tracts of forest and heavy brush; lives in streams, or under 
rocks and in holes in wet earth. (See fig. 1.) 
Ambystoma paroticum Baird 
British Columbia Salamander 
Oriana Description.—A mblystoma paroticum Baird, Proe. Acad. 
Nat. Sei. Phila., 1867 [1868], pp. 200-201. 
Type Locaurry.—Chiloweyuek, Washington Territory [== Chilli- 
wack Lake, British Columbia]. 
Common Nami.—Vancouver’s Salamander. 
Rance—Recorded only from Requa, Del Norte County (Van 
Denburgh, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 6, 1916, p. 216). Found in 
wet earth under a stump. (See fig. 1.) 
Order SALIENTIA 
Suborder COSTATA 
Family DISCOGLOSSIDAE 
Ascaphus truei Stejneger 
American Bell-toad 
ORIGINAL DescripTion.—Ascaphus truei Stejneger, Proe. U. 8. 
Nat. Mus., 21, June 20, 1899, pp. 899-901, pl. 89. 
